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Meanings of ungovernable in English

Of persons.

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Examples for "unruly"
Examples for "unruly"
1
That governance sometimes means bringing order to unruly elements in said Association.
Ebony
2
Dilapidated and squalid, the unruly settlements have few health and social services.
Reuters
3
However, one of the unruly protesters has now been brought to book.
The South African
4
The boys had never been so unruly; the girls never so inattentive.
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
5
A transatlantic flight made an emergency landing today after an unruly and
The Irish Times
1
New Yorkers have an almost uncontrollable tendency to envy other New Yorkers.
The new yorker
2
Unpredictable and uncontrollable stressful events have been shown to affect cognitive processes.
Pubmed
3
At sight of the flowers the queen of the skaters becomes uncontrollable.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
4
All the city was in a state of uncontrollable fright and agitation.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
5
This presents the risk of your vehicle going into an uncontrollable slide.
The South African
1
MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains.
The Devil's Dictionary
2
We are indocile to put up with grief, however.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
3
Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
The Armourer's Prentices
4
The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 18...
5
How superior also the elevated brain of the poodle dog, when compared with that of the indocile, snarling cur!
Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 / Volume 1, Number 1
Usage of ungovernable in English
1
The effect of it was to make the poor beast quite ungovernable.
Finished
2
In their ungovernable turbulence, they remind us of the Prætorians of Rome.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
3
Frantic with almost ungovernable rage, I sought my father in his study.
A Master of Mysteries
4
Being ungovernable has become endemic, said Claudio Tito, columnist for La Repubblica.
The South African
5
You will not pretend to justify the excesses of his ungovernable passion.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
6
The Hkh'Rkh would prove excellent wartime allies, but they are largely ungovernable.
Fire With Fire
7
For an instant ungovernable longings surged over me to return to it.
Aftermath / Part second of "A Kentucky Cardinal"
8
There is nothing more unreasonable and ungovernable than a crowd of people.
Around the Tea-Table
9
He knew something about the ungovernable rages into which Paul frequently flew.
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
10
The housekeeper's curiosity became so ungovernable that she decided to open it.
Helping Himself; Or, Grant Thornton's Ambition
11
They said that Sveinke was both a powerful and an ungovernable man.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
12
He retraced his steps, making no plans, obeying only an ungovernable instinct.
Nobody's Man
13
They showed the people could control the streets and make Egypt ungovernable.
Reuters
14
Putin, in particular, is learning that Syria in its present form is ungovernable.
The Guardian
15
The vehicle became quite ungovernable; the velocity increased as it ran down hill.
Richard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His Memoirs
16
Otherwise, an EU of 27 or more members will be ungovernable.
The Irish Times
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