wildness
Example Sentences
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Baseball’s rules were standardized by middle-class Manhattan professionals who “squeezed all the wildness of the folk game into their polished diamond,” giving it a sheen of gentility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
How, where and when they lost their wildness and developed close bonds with humans has long puzzled scientists.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
To some extent, there was a time when such carefree wildness reigned.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
“Everyone loved Altadena in his or her own way, but the wildness of it and the freedom of it is something that is deeply important to people,” said Hans Allhoff, the chair of Altadena Heritage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Much is made of the inability of the wildness of nature to blend into and mix with what man has done to the world.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen