out of control
Example Sentences
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When Bear begins to pull away from the intense devotion he engineered, Nikki’s behavior spirals out of control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
“If Nvidia was trading at 50 times earnings, we’d be having a much different conversation about how valuations are getting out of control and investors are no longer paying attention to multiples,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
Once policymakers realized inflation was out of control, they course-corrected and hiked interest rates rapidly.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Lillian Price thinks that tipping in the US is "out of control".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Someone had wanted to mess with Ocean and the whole thing spun so far out of control it threw our entire world off its axis.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
