disarray

Example Sentences

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The disarray may have encouraged his decision to make a complex, unsettling painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"I have been trying to book a gas cylinder for days now but I have had no luck so far. This has thrown all our plans in disarray," Prasad, 43, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Results from some of the biggest chains this week will offer a sense of how that rebound is going, as stores and their customers continue the slog through higher living costs and tariff disarray.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026

District 4 School Board member Nick Melvoin was at Palisades Charter High the day after the fires began, and said he remembered the state of disarray in clear detail.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Oliver stumbled into the kitchen next, his hair in disarray.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser