1
a
: a state of utter confusion
the blackout caused chaos throughout the city
b
: a confused mass or mixture
a chaos of television antennas
2
a
often capitalized
: a state of things in which chance is supreme
especially
: the confused unorganized state of primordial matter before the creation of distinct forms compare cosmos
b
: the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system (such as the atmosphere, boiling water, or the beating heart)
Examples of chaos in a Sentence
The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city.
When the police arrived, the street was in total chaos.
The country had descended into economic chaos.
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Tonight’s chaos is actually here to teach you something, so don't shy away from it.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Following a few months of absolute chaos, as Nuno Espirito Santo talked himself out of a job and was replaced by Ange Postecoglou — a man with a footballing ethos that could not have been more different — Dyche is very much needed, as a steady hand on the tiller.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
In Memory, Chastain played a social worker and single mother whose structured life is thrown into chaos when a young man dealing with dementia, played by Peter Sarsgaard, follows her home from their high school reunion.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Even for experienced sorceresses and wizards, chaos comes with a cost.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Following a few months of absolute chaos, as Nuno Espirito Santo talked himself out of a job and was replaced by Ange Postecoglou — a man with a footballing ethos that could not have been more different — Dyche is very much needed, as a steady hand on the tiller.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
In Memory, Chastain played a social worker and single mother whose structured life is thrown into chaos when a young man dealing with dementia, played by Peter Sarsgaard, follows her home from their high school reunion.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Even for experienced sorceresses and wizards, chaos comes with a cost.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chaos
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“Chaos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaos. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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