wild
Example Sentences
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While sportsbooks hope for a lively tournament that keeps bettors engaged, they don’t want things to get too wild, like the last World Cup final.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Selective hearing on this scale is wild, but it is also terrifyingly deliberate.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Thousands of wild grasses and flowers were planted along the edges of the village green, contrasting with the carefully mown grass in the middle.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I turned the oval over in my hands, looking at the work she’d already done, each stitch tiny and regular on the back, but the colors on the front were wild and fluid.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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