run wild

Example Sentences

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Well, if you let your paranoia run wild, quite a lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

The fortified vault in Kentucky is closed to the public, allowing imaginations to run wild with conspiracies and myths: that the gold is gone or fake, or the vault contains alien objects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

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

As for the dogs, they could chase penguins and run wild without going too far—on all sides was the frigid sea, where killer whales cruised in search of a meal.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong