wildness
- a word derived from wild.
Example Sentences
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With Cape Cod emptied of wildness, maybe Thoreau’s “Cape Cod” is the only manual we have left.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
“I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
To some extent, there was a time when such carefree wildness reigned.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
"It was hoped my father would be a calming influence to Paddy," says Ms Almonds-Windmill, though she thinks the portrayal of Mayne's "wildness" in the TV series is a "little over the top".
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
Lately, Mom never had time to do that, and Ivy certainly didn’t want Layla to do it, so now her hair was a coiling mane of wildness all the time.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
