unruly

Example Sentences

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The other stays raw — bright, fresh, slightly unruly.

From Salon

“June”—Anna May addressed the thick-set older woman with unruly brown hair poking out from under her hat—“this is my friend Ruby Chan.”

From Literature

He studied us now out of faded blue eyes in a way that let us know we weren’t the first unruly cadets he’d ever dealt with, and we most certainly wouldn’t be his last.

From Literature

Then I heard Daisy say, “Well, it says in my nursing book that when a patient gets unruly, a nurse is supposed to be stern.”

From Literature

According to the lawsuit, Cuellar and Tipping signed up for training that instructs bicycle officers on dealing with unruly people.

From Los Angeles Times