1
as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium
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2
as in hell
capitalized
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
a surrealist painting in which all the torments of Pandemonium are vividly depicted
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Recent Examples of pandemonium
Horrified by the monster standing before them, the audience erupts into pandemonium and starts to attack, ripping off limbs and severing heads.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Eyewitness accounts described pandemonium as emergency services arrived.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
In one Season 6 episode, Mel and Jack volunteered to babysit Charmaine’s twin babies at their cabin, making for a baby-dog pandemonium.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
In any case, Karen sees the opportunity to strike back, and does so without hesitation, criticizing Mia for letting her kids get involved in the pandemonium of her personal life.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Eyewitness accounts described pandemonium as emergency services arrived.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
In one Season 6 episode, Mel and Jack volunteered to babysit Charmaine’s twin babies at their cabin, making for a baby-dog pandemonium.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
In any case, Karen sees the opportunity to strike back, and does so without hesitation, criticizing Mia for letting her kids get involved in the pandemonium of her personal life.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for pandemonium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pandemonium
Noun
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More than 24 hours later, it was stolen, but a commotion soon followed.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Chappell Roan had come up, and there was a lot of commotion as there is on these carpets.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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By Barry Levitt January 30, 2025 2:50 PM EST Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo) went through hell in the Season 1 finale of Netflix’s The Recruit, barely making it out alive following an unsparingly violent mission.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Having reached her breaking point, Kimmie slammed her car right into Body, a fellow stripper who spent the entirety of Part 1 making Kimmie’s life a living hell.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
30 Jan. 2025
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According to the preliminary investigation, officers responded about 10 p.m. to a 911 call reporting a domestic disturbance involving a weapon at a home in the 4300 block of Laurel Avenue in the Riss Lake neighborhood on Kansas City’s East Side, according to the highway patrol’s statement.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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The incident began shortly after the officers received a report of a man causing a disturbance at the bar and allegedly biting a security guard.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Angelenos continue to reel from the infernos.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Many houses surrounding the trail were untouched by the inferno.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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This caused a stir since Portnoy endorsed Donald Trump, and Swift was an outspoken supporter of opposing candidate Kamala Harris.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: This isn't the first time the use of AI at graduation has caused a stir on campus.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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Farrell played Oswald Cobb under layers of prosthetics, which didn’t stop him from delivering a surprisingly heartbreaking performance as Oz ascended to the top of Gotham’s criminal underworld, at great cost.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jabba’s death at the hands of Princess Leia has left a power vacuum in the criminal underworld once ruled over by the powerful Hutt cartel.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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The federal program temporarily gives work authorization for people from countries in turmoil.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes, Antonio Maria Delgado and Verónica Egui Brito Miami Herald (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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For more than a year, the company had been in turmoil after David Begelman, president of the movie studio, was discovered to have forged checks.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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In high school sports, things can change in a hurry.—
Todd Abeln,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Thursday night, a tie game after the first period turned one-sided in a hurry, as the Seattle Kraken scored four goals in less than six minutes and cruised to a 6-2 win at Climate Pledge Arena.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Pandemonium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandemonium. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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