incontrollable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of incontrollable
First recorded in 1590–1600; in- 3 + controllable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Dick Fuld is reading his opening statement which can be found in full here, declaring that his bank's demise was caused by "incontrollable market forces" and "incorrect rumours" about its financial position.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2010
Never in his life had his whole being been so abandoned to incontrollable rage.
From Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California by Thomas Dixon
And as I gazed at her, forgetting everything in the world, but my incontrollable thirst for herself, she sighed, and she said with compassion: Poor boy!
From The Substance of a Dream by F. W. (Francis William) Bain
Set upon his will as the one law of Nature; storming forward with incontrollable violence: a very whirlwind of a man.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Thomas Carlyle
Madness threatened him, and he was seized by an almost incontrollable desire to shout execrations—prayers—he knew not what.
From The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer
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