contain
verb (used with object)
to hold or include within its volume or area.
uncontainable
-
a word derived from
contain.
Example Sentences
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If you knew nothing of Cheever’s work, you might sit up in your chair with surprise at that sentence—for its eruption of uncontainable joy expressed via an almost comically surreal image.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
He celebrated with a scream, joy and anger combining for uncontainable passion and an image that’ll define Doncic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
Demonstrations can only be banned if police chiefs have credible evidence they are likely to lead to uncontainable disorder.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
By June, it was so big that it was uncontainable.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2023
Then they had no time to think about it again, because Amaranta Úrsula was bleeding in an uncontainable torrent.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
