Sentence examples for mayhem erupted from inspiring English sources

The Democrats staggered to their convention in Chicago, where civic mayhem erupted.

Who else but John Motson, commentating on his last World Cup final last night, would have stuck doggedly to his prepared script as mayhem erupted all around?

Those of us who warned over the years that they were playing with fire were sneered at and smeared as Right-wing nutters who wanted to turn the clock back to some mythical golden age.From the left, here is the Daily Mirror's Paul Routledge, attacking foreign music and British materialism The mayhem erupted overnight, but it has been building for years.

The old man wandered slowly back down the road, oblivious as mayhem erupted around him.

The harassment tactics—e.g., throwing rocks and bottles and using obscene language precipitated recurring battles between demonstrators and police; many of the demonstrators were clubbed by the police as mayhem erupted.

Mayhem erupts in the third act after the fickle Proteus arrives in Milan and abruptly becomes enamoured with Silvia, the Duke's fair daughter, with whom Valentine plans secretly to elope.

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At times, too, it seems as if Mike Hodges has thrown his actors into real life – the faces of the old men in the pubs and betting shops, and the revellers at the dancehall take the movie into something akin to cinéma verité, even as mayhem erupts in the foreground.