tameable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- untameable adjective
Example Sentences
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“Magpies are easily tameable and people have a great connection with them,” Dooley said.
From The Guardian
And he was saying, ‘Well, raccoons are tameable, but they’re still very wild.’
From The Guardian
Pretending our instincts are entirely tameable and explicable reduces the scope of human experience.
From The Guardian
There are a dozen or so tameable creatures, ranging from small badgers and wolves to giant bears and saber tooth cats, and once tamed, they’ll stick by your side for as long as you want.
From The Verge
Although naturally timid, the red fox is tameable, but was probably ousted as "top dog" when humans discovered that dogs took to being pets much more readily.
From Time
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