unruly

Example Sentences

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It was Bell Labs’ responsibility, in other words, to create technologies for designing, expanding and improving an unruly communications network of cables and microwave links and glass fibers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Associated noise-related issues range from unruly crowds to honking horns in overcrowded parking lots.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

An analysis of DOT data confirms the rise in incidents since the COVID-19 pandemic, when conflicts over wearing masks boosted the number of reports of unruly passengers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

She had expected the letter writer to be a guy with a wild beard and unruly hair, like those men who lived in the woods and didn’t use technology.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson