order of things

Example Sentences

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By making injustice into a kind of orphan, oppression is made to seem like the natural order of things.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

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

But the order of things is different now in this age of accelerated climate change.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

I want anything that breaks the monotony, subverts the perceived respectable order of things.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood