How to Use disarray in a Sentence

disarray

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  • 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
  • The Ravens controlled much of the game but undermined themselves with pre-snap disarray and poor execution in the red zone.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2022

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