bedlam

Example Sentences

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“In the very few shows that he’s missed, it’s complete anarchy when he’s gone. It’s like there’s a substitute teacher in charge and that’s me. It can be bedlam.”

From Washington Post

It was possible, in the bedlam, to forget he had ever been there at all.

From New York Times

The pictures of bedlam are like political manna for campaign ad-makers who no doubt will try to paint Mr. Biden as another Mr. Carter.

From New York Times

With bedlam at the airport a daily event since the Taliban’s takeover of the capital Sunday, President Biden was set to give an address on the still-precarious situation at 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Gonell, a naturalized American citizen and Iraq War veteran, characterized the bedlam as like something from “a medieval battle.”

From Washington Post