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Definition

a state of extreme confusion and disorder

At one time, bedlam was also used as a disapproving term for any psychiatric hospital. As a proper noun, Bedlam was the name of the first psychiatric hospital in London (early 15th century).

Amid all sorts of bedlam the teacher continued taking attendance.

bedlam = a state of extreme confusion and disorder

bedlam erupted
It was bedlam on the other side.
Jerry Spinelli -- Milkweed

bedlam = extreme confusion and disorder

The reading room, housed right up in the dome of the building, was formerly the chapel of the Royal Bethlehem Hospital—the old Bedlam.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
One more night of this kid will send me to a bed in Bedlam.
O. Henry -- The Ransom of Red Chief
And from time to time paid his visits to Bedlam.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
As might be expected, throwing open the doors of any school to every freshman in Chicago threatened to create bedlam.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
Cain says nothing of the bedlam in my mind.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
Why, not to put too fine a point upon it, this is Bedlam, sir!" says Mr. Snagsby.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
And if I invite all Newgate or all Bedlam here, by —— they shall be welcome.
William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
But on Wednesday, when they arrived at the turnoff to KAEC, it was bedlam.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
The child might have to be sent to the hospital of Bethlehem, which later ages were to call Bedlam.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
A woman's scream rose above the bedlam and suddenly a lovely, dark-haired girl was in Walter Mitty's arms.
James Thurber -- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
In the middle of all the bedlam, Jenny actually turned and called over her shoulder, "Be right back, boys!"
John Grogan -- Marley & Me
The bedlam in the street rose higher" more men climbed through trapdoors to the roof.
Richard Wright -- Native Son
Emily ate leaning against the counter like me—avoiding the bedlam at the table—and watched them with affectionate eyes.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
The street was as busy as a beehive and as noisy as a bedlam.
Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
He saw Annie Wilkes in a long aproned dress, her hair covered with a mobcap, an Annie who looked like a nurse in London's Bedlam Hospital.
Stephen King -- Misery
In the newsroom one level down, it would be bedlam.
J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death

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