run wild

Example Sentences

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By contrast, when Franglen composed the music for the Wind Traders - a nomadic clan of salesmen, who travel by airship - he could let his imagination run wild.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The plants spread out and run wild with large green leaves and magnificent five-pointed, edible, yellow blossoms.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Depression can strip away the illusions people carry about themselves and others, and when that happens, humor, paradoxically, can run wild.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

Speculation has already begun to run wild on social media, but we still know very little about the situation.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2024

Unlike the movies, you don’t dash, leap, run wild.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes