unruly

Example Sentences

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Associated noise-related issues range from unruly crowds to honking horns in overcrowded parking lots.

From Barron's

An analysis of DOT data confirms the rise in incidents since the COVID-19 pandemic, when conflicts over wearing masks boosted the number of reports of unruly passengers.

From Los Angeles Times

The judgement was delivered after Kanu had been forcibly removed from the courtroom for unruly behaviour.

From BBC

“When neighborhoods are plagued by issues such as aggressive panhandling, unruly street vending, public urination, abandoned vehicles, it gives the impression of an unsafe community,” she said in January.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her pony-scented pigtails had been replaced to great advantage with Simon’s own unruly shock of hair, which tumbled quite naturally over her—his—intelligent forehead.

From Literature