anarchy

Example Sentences

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"We will not allow anarchy, and we will not tolerate any harm to IDF servicemen and security forces who carry out their duties with dedication and determination."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The first few events sat somewhere between performance art and pure anarchy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Parents, as I can now attest, experience it as sleep-wrecking proof that the human construct of time is no match for the anarchy of toddlerdom.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

In the words of the Yeats poem, "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world… Surely some revelation is at hand."

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

Paula had the air of a real ideologue; she could, Ifemelu imagined, slip easily into anarchy, stand at the forefront of protests, defying the clubs of policemen and the taunts of unbelievers.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie