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
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
While artists have been increasingly embracing country, for Cyrus this wasn’t about a trend — she was following the natural order of things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
They had heard the commotion but continued with their work as if, two years and thousands of deaths into the war, it was all part of the normal order of things.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
In so far as it recognized him as important, the order of things was good.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
