How to Use mayhem in a Sentence

mayhem

noun
  • Is this a whole new level of mayhem?
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Root shakes his head watching the mayhem.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • The next day, more mayhem erupted.
    — Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Roach presents these attempts as a mix of mayhem and success.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2021
  • And don't expect this mayhem to all be resolved by episode's end.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Blast is a rush, each race a two-minute burst of effects and colors and mayhem.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The action didn't spell out how Drake could have been at fault for the mayhem.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Of course, the video isn't ALL mayhem.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This week's quiz highlights movie mayhem, decadent desserts and much more.
    — Kelly McGreal , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In the process, some people get bumped by bags while others try to sit tight to avoid the mayhem.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Watch over the mayhem in style with a timeless Adirondack chair.
    — Naveen Kumar, CNN Underscored, 29 June 2020
  • Dave Coulier also gets knocked out in the midst of the mayhem, by the way.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 May 2022
  • These are for sure ‘wilderness years’ for so many of us looking at the mayhem out there in the world.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That’s going to be mayhem, bedlam, crazy.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This was an act of cowardice and cruelty, and sheer mayhem.
    — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Amid the mayhem, a few more positive glimpses of life have fallen through the cracks.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The race had nearly been caution-free before the late mayhem.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • Well, the mayhem that exploded after the game showed that the cops were right.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • How police deal with a night of mostly harmless mayhem.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • As mayhem — pure and utter mayhem.
    — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Even with most protests taking place within a few blocks, news of the mayhem stretched across the country.
    — Author: Sara Cline, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2021
  • The mayhem began in earnest when Yachty took the stage and the back of the crowd pushed forward.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • More than 50% of them ranked France as their first choice for bond market mayhem.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The word implies a mayhem so extreme that there is no logic to be found in the tumult.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2 June 2020
  • The resulting mayhem, while short-lived, went viral this week.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Murder, mayhem and the mob are a staple part of a lot of viewers’ screen diet.
    — Steve Clarke, Variety, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Part II‘s kickoff gives you thrills-spills-chills mayhem that would play well in any space.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2021
  • Friends and relatives of Lynch said he was not involved in the mayhem.
    — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Outside, New York City is in mayhem.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • But the real mayhem, Veach seems to happen when a third child enters the mix.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025

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