How to Use disarray in a Sentence

disarray

noun

• The room was in disarray.
• The company has fallen into complete disarray.
• The far right is in disarray in the US and much of the world.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023
• The move of those two programs left the Pac-12 in disarray.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
• Her bed was in disarray and there was blood on the sheets.
  — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
• The industry is in a state of disarray to say the least.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Oct. 2023
• There were also no signs of disarray in the house or room.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
• The three are thrown into disarray by the news that Jacob, the Marsh King, has escaped.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• Meanwhile, the lesson of the midterms is that voters are turned off by disarray.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• At the time of Clarke’s trial, the English Civil War had left the court system in disarray.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• How big of a problem could the GOP disarray in one chamber of Congress be?
  — Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• Her desk was in disarray, with papers strewn across it.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
• At the time this went to press, the Republican Party was in disarray.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 12 Oct. 2023
• For 11 years, Thomas was a pillar of excellence for a franchise that has spent most of the past two-plus decades in disarray.
  — Tom Withers, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• The trio's offroading leads them to a downtown in disarray.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2023
• But when 17-year-old Nickie brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2023
• The Raiders were in such disarray, longtime quarterback Derek Carr left them for the final two weeks.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2023
• However, bombs dropped near the Rafah border crossing had forced the passage closed and left the area on the Gaza side of the border in disarray, Okal said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Michigan overwhelmed a Maryland team that appeared in disarray on both sides of the ball.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023
• By the end of the night, the house is in disarray, people are spray painting on walls, someone breaks a window, and Belly’s wasted.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
• The doors couldn’t open because of the junk stored inside, and the entire structure was in serious disarray.
  — Matthew Chernov, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• The plates, bowls and goblets look to be in disarray, teetering on sheets of glass that appear to be sliding off the surface.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
• Yet beyond the disarray, there are the glimmerings of a path to a more stable United Kingdom.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• This cemetery, like so many to follow, was swiftly filled, or nearly so, and then left to disarray.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Hollywood is now in disarray because studios refuse to take care of the writers who helped build it.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
• The public finger-pointing has added to a sense of disarray within the Russian war effort.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• That strikes me as correct: The disarray in the House favors Democrats—but a lot can happen between now and October.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
• The image shows a room inside a home in comical disarray .
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
• But looking at the situation now, our country's in disarray, the world is on fire, and chaos follows him.
  — ABC News, 17 Dec. 2023
• By the time the raid was over, police had damaged her house, broken a prized possession and left her belongings in disarray.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024