havoc - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • wreak: You can wreak havoc from above easily enough, with your large array of weaponry.
  • reek: We then continued the motion reeking havoc on the normally tranquil city of Milton Keynes.
  • wreck: Numerous devices are used by the devil to wreck havoc into people's lives.
  • cause: Stress & long hours can cause havoc on your health.
  • wrought: Only Herman Goering wrought more havoc with the national rail timetable.
  • inflict: Dressing to impress could inflict havoc on your purse/wallet.

Preposition: in

  • city: This was ended by a Mongol invasion from Central Asia, who wreaked havoc in the city, destroying many of the Crusader buildings.

Adjective modifier

  • wrought: In his younger days the Admiral had seen service in the China Seas where two powerful pirate fleets wrought havoc among shipping.
  • terrible: Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions.
  • absolute: This caused absolute havoc which needed the attention of a Stagecoach Inspector to sort it.
  • such: What is this disorder that can wreak such havoc?
  • much: Much havoc at Langford Net HQ owing to hard drive failure this morning.
  • economic: They have long been virtually ignored by historians on the ground that, to modern eyes, they would seem to wreak economic havoc.

Preposition: on

  • city: We then continued the motion reeking havoc on the normally tranquil city of Milton Keynes.
  • environment: You know this annual consumer frenzy wreaks havoc on the environment, filling landfills with useless packaging and discarded gifts.
  • road: This is one of countless incidents when buck and fox hounds have caused havoc on busy roads.
  • world: Will the EU's strong man then vent his anger against the United States and wreak havoc on the world?

Noun used with modifier

  • wreck: A good example of how insomnia wreck havoc in a person live can be found my friend, Darren.
  • cause: Dolly has decided to be mom whilst little Skip causes havoc.
  • play: Oh, this plays havoc with a lot of the ways we do things today in our age, even in our churches.

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