Example Sentences

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But just as there’s a difference between depicting chaos and depicting chaotically, there’s a difference between presenting theatergoers with a realistic image of mental illness and driving an audience nuts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

For decades, astronomers have been puzzled about why there are so many asteroids tumbling chaotically rather than spinning around a single rotational axis, and why smaller asteroids are more likely to be tumbling slowly.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

But there was one more win - for Fisichella in the chaotically wet Brazilian Grand Prix of 2003.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

The furred and the hoofed, the feathered and the chaotically tentacled roam, slither and sometimes howl in “The Animal Kingdom,” an amusing what-if French fantasy with a touch of comedy and some glints of horror.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

As usual, the expectant crowd, chaotically loud a moment before, fell silent as Caesar’s party appeared through the back of the Imperial Box, and then burst into concerted roars of adulation.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks