order of things
Example Sentences
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This restless drive to find the underlying order of things, whether of a mountain range or a Gothic vault, is the key to the whole exhibition, and to Viollet-le-Duc.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
All season long there's been questions asked of them and their capacity to keep going, to keep threatening to rip up the established order of things in Scotland.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
The offer made her cry, both because it was so kind and because she felt it was the wrong order of things.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025
She has the self-centeredness of so many of those who mess with the natural order of things, and ignores some of the Creature’s own needs to use him for her benefit.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024
For me to try to get a girl would have upset the natural order of things.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
