bedlam
Example Sentences
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At some point, bedlam just becomes background noise that never stops.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
In the midst of Belém’s COP30 bedlam, environmentalists, economists, lobbyists and diplomats busily haggle at the global climate conference about what we can and cannot get away with in negotiations over Mother Nature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
When it hit the back of the net, there were no words, just bedlam.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
For a film that’s ostensibly about the picture-perfect joys of a family Christmas, this looks more like holiday bedlam than bliss.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
Margaret Kochamma’s tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing bedlam
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