run wild
Example Sentences
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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
The plants spread out and run wild with large green leaves and magnificent five-pointed, edible, yellow blossoms.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025
During the design phase, you have to let your imagination run wild, says Mr Sinclair-Harris.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 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
Atticus had let her run wild since she was two years old, and look what he had reaped.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
