tamed

Example Sentences

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Amen Corner was tamed, and McIlroy was on the home straight.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Dusty May and the basketball Wolverines have tamed the wild, remunerated new era of college sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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

World number one Sabalenka tamed 18-year-old American Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 and faces either third seed Coco Gauff or 12th seed Elina Svitolina for a place in the final.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

It’s true, of course, that some large African animals have occasionally been tamed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond