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
When it’s not on fire, it seems to be sliding into the ocean or collapsing under the weight of its own untamable development.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024
There, on a vast shrubby expanse thought untamable yet beloved by the Danish monarch, Kahlen hopes to work the land and establish a settlement for king, country and himself.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
He’d been with Hendrick since he was 18, but the team found him untamable and cut him loose when Dale Earnhardt Jr. became available.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022
They were all failed attempts to impose western civilization on the merciless, untamable Arctic.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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