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I was particularly smitten with the ability to drive relatively fast and comfortably on unruly roads.

They stood up and clapped when unruly challengers were tossed from the room.

The televised debates are supposed to be “for the benefit of the American electorate,” the commission said in a statement Wednesday, implying that Tuesday night’s unruly slugfest did not achieve that goal.

But, there’s only so much training that can help store employees when dealing with an unruly customer in the moment.

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As recent instances of customers responding violently to employees who have asked them to wear a mask have shown, employees have good reason to fear unruly customers.

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And in informal talks, Chinese leaders have compared hackers on both sides to unruly children who can only barely be controlled.

It is an article of faith with this man that there won't be any unruly behavior or, God forbid, any scenes.

And if anyone thought this was an abdication and a letting go of the unruly region they need to think again.

Ancient night and the unruly salt  beat at the walls of my house.

In 2012, for example, Brian Claunch, a wheelchair-bound double amputee living in a group home in Houston, became unruly.

Joe saw her slim against the light, and his thoughts were like the sea surge, wild, unruly.

No one was willing to risk his life by mounting such an unruly animal.

He would not defend the deceiving priest; but no unruly men-at-arms should touch a hair of Sebastian, if he also was menaced.

Always an unruly fellow, and dangerous to trust among crockery.

The sexton, armed with a long stick, rapped the boys on the head if they proved unruly, or poked the men when they fell asleep.

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On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unruly, such as: disorderly, drunken, fractious, impulsive, lawless, and ornery.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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