How to Use disorder in a Sentence

disorder

1 of 2 verb
  • Note the order in regions (i)-(v) and disorder at points (vi)-(viii).
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The mob was led, and by those committed to disorder, whatever the cost in bloodshed.
    Dennis Aftergut, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Chief Michael LiPetri, who is in charge of crime control strategies, said that during warmer months, nearly a third of shootings are tied to disorder and low-level crime.
    New York Times, 26 Mar. 2022
  • What began as holiday cleanup has led to a tsunami of bringing order to disorder.
    Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Heat and Movement Motions of particles also creates heat, but in that case the movement is disordered and random.
    Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But even in the randomness of the routes to disorder taken by so many complex systems, science has found a regularity.
    Martin Weil, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019
  • Sometimes sincere people wonder how the Church succeeds in doing so much genuine good in the world, what with so much human frailty and even disorder at every level.
    Nr Symposium, National Review, 6 Dec. 2020
  • The president has been effective in stirring fears about crime and disorder nationally, according to the Times/Siena polls and others this month.
    Emily Badger, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
  • At the heart of every difference between the past and future -- memory, aging, causality, free will -- is the fact that the universe is evolving from order to disorder.
    Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2011
  • The cultural appetite for stories of illness, disease, disorder and grave old age is bottomless.
    New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Immigration opponents like to point to disorder at the border, and too often liberal judges have helped them by undermining the law.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 June 2020
  • The nation gaped last summer as perpetrators in full view openly smashed windows with impunity, giving all of us a view through the broken glass of what a nation surrendering to disorder looks like.
    George J. Terwilliger Iii, National Review, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Beijing has also found news of U.S. disorder a convenient distraction from its own domestic problems.
    Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2020
  • How could glass, disordered by definition, possess equal order?
    Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Nadal is drawn to order and ritual, Kyrgios to disorder and the intoxication of improvisation.
    Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 4 July 2019
  • Democracies are also prone to disorder and corruption, but these are ineluctable features of any political system comprised of selfish and flawed human beings.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • The new guidance comes a day after President Donald Trump declared opioid use disorders a public health emergency and promised to accelerate the federal government’s response to the crisis.
    Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Weight stigma more broadly has been shown to trigger depression, suicidal ideation, and disordered eating behavior, and trans people are already at higher risk for suicide and eatings disorders.
    H Conley, STAT, 2 June 2023
  • Barrett, a textualist who was working for a textualist, Justice Antonin Scalia, had the ability to bring logic and order to disorder and complexity.
    Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Parents and loved ones can play a role in helping to dispel these stereotypes by advocating for their child at the pediatrician’s office if concern arises and by recognizing red flags for eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors.
    Sydney Hartman-Munick, Fortune Well, 1 Apr. 2023
  • This judge, who believes gay people are disordered and that being transgender is a mental illness, also laments widespread contraception and the elimination of legal penalties for fornication and adultery.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Rab and his colleagues work in filth, noise and disorder treating mental illness that is often compounded by poor health, physical injury, developmental disability, trauma and substance abuse.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Riots and disorder hurt Democratic candidates and help Republicans.
    Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Nothing cleans up ambiguity and disorder better than clear definitions.
    Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Her personality disorder has the power to disorder other people’s personalities.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2016
  • He was arrested on charges of possessing intoxicants for unlawful purposes, possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities, evading arrest and disordering conduct.
    Travis Fedschun, Fox News, 7 May 2018
  • The order for long-term care facilities includes nursing homes, homes for the aged, adult foster care facilities, hospital facilities, substance abuse disorder residential facilities, independent living facilities and assisted living facilities.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2020
  • Note the order in regions (i)-(v) and disorder at points (vi)-(viii).
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The mob was led, and by those committed to disorder, whatever the cost in bloodshed.
    Dennis Aftergut, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Chief Michael LiPetri, who is in charge of crime control strategies, said that during warmer months, nearly a third of shootings are tied to disorder and low-level crime.
    New York Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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disorder

2 of 2 noun
  • The mayor is concerned that a rally could create public disorder.
  • Millions of people suffer from some form of personality disorder.
  • Scurvy One of the most well-known is scurvy, a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin C.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Pacemaker surgery is used to treat a wide range of heart rhythm disorders.
    Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The government dropped the other charges in exchange for his guilty plea on the civil disorder charge.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Estimates vary on the prevalence of what is known as cannabis use disorder.
    David Ovalle and Fenit Nirappil, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Though she’s been met with support, some in her network still don’t grasp the gravity of her disorder.
    Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Celine had also been scheduled to play there but had to call off her appearances due to the disorder.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • One of them, which treats a blood disorder called beta-thalassemia, costs $2.8 million.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • Williams was born with Emanuel syndrome, a rare chromosome disorder that left her unable to speak or walk but still able to make sounds.
    CBS News, 21 July 2023
  • Brooks then ran the tape through data- and text-mining software and pulled out more than 3,000 words that the participants used when talking about their life with the disorder.
    Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
  • How often and how long your child receives CBT depends on the severity of their disorder.
    Marisa Cohen, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Otherwise, all five men face a felony count of civil disorder and the three misdemeanor charges.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
  • People with the disorder have been portrayed in movies and TV shows as sociopathic, dangerous and the punchline to many a joke.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In recent years the vagus nerve has become an intriguing target for researchers looking to cure disorders of both the brain and the body.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2023
  • They'll be trained on substance use disorders by the school district, which will hire a third-party vendor to design the curriculum.
    The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Both Luis Lopez and his father, Jose, have struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder from the attack in the ensuing years.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Monahan also wrote that McConnell does not have a seizure disorder and did not have a stroke during the incidents.
    Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But other jobs take a more case-by-case approach: A school bus driver can be any age over 18 but can’t have an uncontrolled seizure disorder, for instance.
    Anna Chodos, STAT, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Among those frustrated by the standstill is David, a 50-year-old grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • President Biden decided to define the problem as one of optics of disorder at the border.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • All these hyperbolic and chaotic doings are portrayed as just the way of the world, and the seeming disorder of Harry’s life comes off as the natural order of things.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Rutter and Yule are well regarded for being among the first in the field to focus deeply on children and for their groundbreaking work in autism and post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Sarah Carr, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
  • He was first diagnosed with the progressive disorder that affects the nervous system in 1993.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Substance use disorders are no joke, and being mindful of your consumption habits is vital.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But Perez, who grew up in the foster care system herself and struggles with mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, has not seen much value in the classes.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The jury also convicted him of assault and civil disorder charges.
    CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • After three tours of combat, the former Marine sergeant suffered post-traumatic stress disorder for decades.
    Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The blood disorder that mostly affects people of color is under-researched.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • But that didn’t translate into an improved care network for a state with the second-highest rate of substance use disorder in the country and ranked 50th for access to treatment, according to an audit report released last year.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024

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