untamable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to see it as anything other than: Avoiding potential jail time has a way of focusing even the most untamable of minds.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2024
He still faces the challenge of herding an untamable majority with only four votes to spare, amid in-house critics who would gladly see him fail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
Take Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ seven-foot fever dream of untamable orange fur.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
Set against haunting music, these stories, made by cast and crew mostly based in Appalachia, deliver the listener to an uncanny place, imbuing wonder for the endless magic within an untamable wilderness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
Her hair is snarled and untamable and perhaps even whiter than his.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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