How to Use disarray in a Sentence

disarray

1 of 2 noun

• The room was in disarray.
• The company has fallen into complete disarray.
• But the past year’s changes have thrown that process into disarray.
  — Remy Dou, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
• The stranger tells him to go back to town, where George finds his life in disarray.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
• The far right is in disarray in the US and much of the world.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023
• Jack Black has an idea to save the Club, which is in disarray.
  — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
• This year, the panel is in disarray.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
• The store was left in complete disarray.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• Forensics showed she had been shot in the back; her clothing was in disarray.
  — Christina Coulter, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Cats are known for their mischief—but some instances of disarray are just not their fault.
  — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• The public school system is in a disarray.
  — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• Not only is the room in a state of disarray, but Black is also dead in his bed.
  — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
• Meanwhile, the lesson of the midterms is that voters are turned off by disarray.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• Some aspects of the disarray are long-standing.
  — Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
• The first is an earthquake that rattles the house into disarray.
  — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
• Some of the vessels are in various states of disarray.
  — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
• Those moments of disarray are also fitting for the record's name.
  — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
• Despite the disarray, the judges were impressed with the cookies.
  — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
• Sure, the media landscape is in total disarray, but that didn’t get in the way of having a good time.
  — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
• That was hardly breaking news, since this job market has faced long-term disarray and neglect.
  — Katie D. Schenk, STAT, 3 Feb. 2023
• His injury last season threw the bullpen into disarray.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
• This cemetery, like so many to follow, was swiftly filled, or nearly so, and then left to disarray.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Regaining that hour means less daylight, which can toss your sleep into disarray.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025
• Officers who took the boy back to the house found the doors wide open and the house left in disarray, the affidavit states.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
• Even the roomiest bathrooms can feel cluttered when toiletries are in disarray.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
• Hollywood is now in disarray because studios refuse to take care of the writers who helped build it.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
• Then, there is a sense of disarray, being out of sync with the world, which perhaps reflects the chaotic state of the world.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 4 June 2026
• Of course, a likely murder has a way of throwing any such routines into disarray.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
• Trump sought to rally into disarray.
  — Daniel Carvalho, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2025
• Michigan overwhelmed a Maryland team that appeared in disarray on both sides of the ball.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023

disarray

2 of 2 verb

• Large or small, the surface had to appear elegantly disarrayed.
  — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
• Naird’s situation is of a man with ramrod-straight posture prostrated and disarrayed at many odd angles.
  — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 28 May 2020
• That signing eventually turned a franchise used to disarray to one with legit postseason hopes.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
• The economic benefits are nothing compared to disarray and division within NATO.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
• Not only were Carlson and Trouba leaning toward departures, but team captain Radko Gudas is an unrestricted free agent, leaving the right side of the Ducks’ defense in flux if not disarray.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
• Nine months after the House settlement was approved pertaining to a lawsuit against the NCAA, there is a massive wrinkle to the case that could potentially lead to further disarray around college athletics.
  — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026