How to Use disorderly in a Sentence

disorderly

adjective
  • She was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
  • He was found guilty of disorderly conduct.
  • Crews later admitted that no one in the crowd had been disorderly.
    — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Some were toppled in disorderly waves at the hands of protesters.
    — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • This strip may look like a disorderly milieu of takeout spots best intended to serve late night drinkers.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2025
  • Police arrived, spoke with the man and advised him of his disorderly actions.
    — cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The two women were booked on charges of assault and disorderly behavior.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The drunk man became disorderly and police escorted him and his friend from the premises.
    — cleveland, 12 May 2022
  • And being drunk and disorderly or driving under the influence could result in a fine or a spot in jail.
    — Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • That brings some order to a donation system that, at the parks, was often disorderly.
    — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The cords of his triceps snap, and the tender skin under the arms dips to form a cavity, ripe with two tracks of hair, dark-black and disorderly.
    — Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The way to do that is to understand that the natural processes of the human mind are disorderly.
    — Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • In Melbourne in late 1970, he was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
    — Rod McGuirk, al, 23 Apr. 2023
  • In healthy skin, fibroblasts knit collagen fibers into a sort of disorderly basket-weave.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The longer the delay, the more disorderly, disruptive and abrupt this policy response is likely to be.
    — Sharon Hendricks, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Whether this triggers a more disorderly unwind in gold remains to be seen, of course, and there's no telling how stocks might correlate to such a reversal.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, it was widely accepted that prone restraint, used to subdue combative or disorderly people, could be lethal.
    — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The cops were there in response to 911 calls about a disorderly mob of adult idiots behaving like unruly 7-year-olds.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In Georgia, the inspectors said disorderly conditions could cause workers to slip, trip or be struck by objects.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The most complaints, 33, were for disorderly people, with 16 calls referring to drugs.
    — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Police had difficulty providing aid to the victims due to a disorderly crowd during a party at the shooting scene.
    — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
  • Dozens of children jostle in a disorderly line at the entrance to their classroom, cordoned off from the rest of the cavernous space with Army green tarps hung on chain-link fences.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2021
  • There may not be a more disorderly team in the NFL right now than the Tennessee Titans.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The first and last charges listed are considered third-degree crimes while the second is considered a disorderly person offense, the police chief said.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Please be advised the South Shore Line reserves the right to remove disorderly passengers.
    — Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2021
  • The manager called police, saying the man had been staying at the hotel with his wife but was asked to end his stay early due to his erratic and disorderly behavior.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • She was charged with one misdemeanor count of disorderly intoxication.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Nurses will chase after disorderly patients.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The man explained that his friend had come over after work to help move a television into his apartment when the disorderly man approached them in the parking lot and tried to take the television.
    — cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
  • While concerns about further contagion are sure to persist, the sale to UBS avoids a disorderly collapse.
    — Marion Halftermeyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2023

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