without order

Example Sentences

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His past had taught him that a world without order is unstable.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

The word ataxophobia is derived from the Greek word ataxo-, which means "without order."

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2021

A McMansion 150 years before the term was invented, Hawthorne’s creation set the template for a house that exemplifies wealth without class, ostentation without order.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2016

The novel starts from the perspective of Benjy Compson, the youngest son, whose view of events is a mess of memories, jumbled without order or insight.

From Economist • May 21, 2015

And some without order, for none could be found to command them in the City, ran to the bells and tolled the alarm; and some blew the trumpets sounding the retreat.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien