tameable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- untameable adjective
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Example Sentences
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And he was saying, ‘Well, raccoons are tameable, but they’re still very wild.’
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2017
Pretending our instincts are entirely tameable and explicable reduces the scope of human experience.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2017
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 • Feb. 25, 2016
Thei are a people not tameable with any toile, bittre warriours, and of great strength of bodie.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
In time of peace his power over men would have raised him to the highest positions had his Bohemian exuberance of thought and speech been tameable.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
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