uncontrollable
Example Sentences
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“There are worries that it could lead to an uncontrollable security situation…so something which is not what the Iranians want but not their total exclusion either.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Someone might have blepharospasms, a dystonia affecting the muscles around the eyes, which results in uncontrollable twitching and blinking.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
“I haven’t been that angry in a long time, uncontrollable anger.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
"You can imagine every time it rains, you just turn that key in the door and just hope that nothing's gone in, but it is one of those uncontrollable things."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
What was left standing of the Imperial city after the initial shocks was then razed to the ground by uncontrollable fires.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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