DISARRAY in a Sentence

Learn DISARRAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DISARRAY, such as:

1. This left the Liberal Party in total disarray.
2. His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.
3. Ever since the oil crisis, the industry has been in disarray.
4. The nation is in disarray following rioting led by the military.
5. For a few seconds she lay in her helpless attitude and disarray.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISARRAY
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disarray
 v.  throw into disorder; break the array of.
Classic Sentence:
1  By the Indian's side, and evidently sustaining a companionship with him, stood a white man, clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
2  He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had been pale and altered, and the diminution of her beauty had lent her a poignant charm.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
3  For a few seconds she lay in her helpless attitude and disarray.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  On the chairs in disarray, among those fading flowers, beneath those extinct lights, people have thought of joy.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
Example Sentence:
1  This left the Liberal Party in total disarray.
2  Ever since the oil crisis, the industry has been in disarray.
3  The nation is in disarray following rioting led by the military.
4  His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.
5  Then the NASDAQ crash of 2000 left the US equity markets in disarray for more than a year.