How to Use anarchy in a Sentence

anarchy

noun

• When the teacher was absent, there was anarchy in the classroom.
• Anarchy reigned in the empire's remote provinces.
• The collapse of Qaddafi’s regime loosed a wave of anarchy.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
• The truth is, New York right now could use more anarchy, not less.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• Oh the weight, the strain, the cart tipping over, the bags sliding apart and then off the cart into anarchy.
  — Judi Dash, The Denver Post, 9 May 2017
• And he's seen the chivalry of the road give way to selfishness and high-speed anarchy.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2017
• Hong Kong has sometimes looked closer to anarchy than to the rule of law.
  — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
• If the referees decide anarchy is the order of the day, the Jazz will end up on top.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• The style of this jacket suggests anarchy, but the color says, please pass the Grey Poupon.
  — Courtney Shea, The Cut, 27 Mar. 2018
• Condemn the violence, and the looting and, as Woodfin called it, the anarchy.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2020
• The filmmaking, too, wants for a bit of anarchy, or at least some itchy verve.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
• In May 1958, France was teetering on the edge of anarchy.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2021
• The majority of taxis and car services had taken the night off to avoid anarchy in the streets.
  — Steve Adelman, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022
• To try to bring about a turnaround, the Trump campaign will continue to press the line that a vote for Biden is a vote for anarchy.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
• In Philip’s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy.
  — Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
• Much of the sense of anarchy is down to the Valkyrie's combination of noise and vibration when revved.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
• Put up with this drug store anarchy and theft, or shut down like Walgreens.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
• Somehow that move didn’t save the show from the Gunn/Safran DC property purge anarchy.
  — Vulture, 1 Feb. 2023
• That state of emergency has since expired, but the anarchy has not.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
• The center has held and mere anarchy is still slouching somewhere off on the horizon.
  — The Hive, 24 Apr. 2017
• People seemed to move about the store with no sense of purpose other than to create anarchy.
  — al, 4 Apr. 2022
• Still, Matze is the first to admit that there are rules—this is supposed to be liberty, not anarchy.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
• He could barely be trusted, but look at the anarchy that took root after his death.
  — Greg Dobbs, The Denver Post, 14 May 2017
• The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty and terror.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 June 2023
• The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Jan. 2023
• Just maybe, amid this anarchy, voters are starting to see that.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
• It is known for civil war and anarchy and, like Mr Becker, struggles to pay its debts.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• If there’s disorder in the ring, there’s pandemonium in the crowd, adding to the anarchy of Fight Night.
  — Zoë Bernard, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
• Isn’t that, after all, what anarchy in practice is: a tightrope strung across a double abyss?
  — Alan Jacobs, Harper's Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
• Perec runs through a number of ways to address that good-natured anarchy.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024