Example Sentences

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He has tamed inflation, which finished 2023 at over 200% and is expected to be near 30% at the end of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

The air conditioner is on, or at least, someone has tamed the radiators.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

Italy, where Europe’s outbreak erupted last year, has tamed the latest wave of infections and has fully vaccinated nearly 35% of its population over the age of 12.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021

“Slovenia has tamed the epidemic over the past two months… Today, Slovenia has the best epidemiologic picture in Europe,” Prime Minister Janez Jansa told parliament Thursday.

From Slate • May 15, 2020

The prison chaplain, he noted, “likened the warden of the establishment to a man who has tamed a tiger that one day may devour him.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover