tamed

Example Sentences

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Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Sondheim’s were instead tamed by his art, Okrent suggests, which shaped his “textured, contradictory, troubling, and gratifying life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

With the post-pandemic surge in inflation largely tamed, central banks have been able to lower interest rates to support growth and employment.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

He has slashed spending, cut red tape and tamed inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

But Charleton was one of the most active members of the Royal Society in its early years, and his idiolect, tamed and domesticated by Boyle and Sprat, has become the language of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton