incontrollable
Americanadjective
adjective
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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
The husband wrung his hands in incontrollable agitation.
From Round the Red Lamp by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
A stronger and hardier brute never trod the prairie; but the novel sight of the buffalo filled him with terror, and when at full speed he was almost incontrollable.
From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Parkman, Francis
It had hurt her cruelly, and it was but the instinctive rebellion of one in sudden and incontrollable pain that had made her tear the photograph.
From Daisy's Aunt by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
But hardly had he commenced with "Old John of Gaunt, time-honored Lancaster," when the young gentleman was seized with such an incontrollable fit of the cramp as could only be relieved by immediate exercise.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
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