How to Use anarchy in a Sentence

anarchy

noun
  • When the teacher was absent, there was anarchy in the classroom.
  • Anarchy reigned in the empire's remote provinces.
  • What does anarchy mean to you now?
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
  • There was just a lot of social anarchy.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There can only be chaos and anarchy.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The truth is, New York right now could use more anarchy, not less.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Put up with this drug store anarchy and theft, or shut down like Walgreens.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The filmmaking, too, wants for a bit of anarchy, or at least some itchy verve.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Just maybe, amid this anarchy, voters are starting to see that.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Through her eyes, flashes of life (and anarchy, and newness) still burst through.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • He could barely be trusted, but look at the anarchy that took root after his death.
    — Greg Dobbs, The Denver Post, 14 May 2017
  • Hong Kong has sometimes looked closer to anarchy than to the rule of law.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • In the years since, the mask has been adopted as a symbol of anarchy and protest worldwide.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
  • And he's seen the chivalry of the road give way to selfishness and high-speed anarchy.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2017
  • Perec runs through a number of ways to address that good-natured anarchy.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2021
  • That state of emergency has since expired, but the anarchy has not.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
  • A lot of the things were just about anarchy and counterculture.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 1 July 2024
  • Just anarchy, all in the name of 8U baseball.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Oh the weight, the strain, the cart tipping over, the bags sliding apart and then off the cart into anarchy.
    — Judi Dash, The Denver Post, 9 May 2017
  • There was a huge tradition of anarchy.
    — Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
  • People seemed to move about the store with no sense of purpose other than to create anarchy.
    — al, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The center has held and mere anarchy is still slouching somewhere off on the horizon.
    — The Hive, 24 Apr. 2017
  • With the amount of anarchy and incompetence, why would anyone want to work there?
    — Hunter Cooke Diehards, ajc, 30 Nov. 2017
  • This is the new anarchy that’s pushing [people] forward to try and create new things.
    — Amber Kallor, Allure, 11 Oct. 2018
  • The majority of taxis and car services had taken the night off to avoid anarchy in the streets.
    — Steve Adelman, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The buoyant anarchy and glee David Yow shared with the crowd came across as a birthing moment of joy.
    — Seth Dodson, Pitchfork, 6 May 2024
  • If the referees decide anarchy is the order of the day, the Jazz will end up on top.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The whiff of populist anarchy in the air is salty, unprecedented, and notably across the aisle.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • It is known for civil war and anarchy and, like Mr Becker, struggles to pay its debts.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Still, Matze is the first to admit that there are rules—this is supposed to be liberty, not anarchy.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020

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