How to Use untamed in a Sentence

untamed

adjective
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  • The top of his hair may be untamed, but the sides are still tidy and tight.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The other hand goes to the curly, untamed mess of hair on my head.
    — New York Times, 16 June 2018
  • That’s not the only bit of wisdom to chew on in this untamed book.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Paired with a bushy, untamed beard, the look is very '70s folk singer—only shinier.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Straight north, and just to the east of Red Butte Creek, is a natural and untamed area with over five miles of trails.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg.
    — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The only untamed thing about the Maroons is their connection to the land.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • It is found some 30 miles off the coast of Cornwall and has a remote feel and an untamed appeal.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Neat rows of vines, their leaves chartreuse with spring growth, met the untamed beauty of the high-desert grasslands.
    — Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • One of the things that makes Darien Gap so dangerous for migrants, aside from the untamed wilderness, is the rain.
    — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Stone by stone, the Henrys built their dream home in this untamed and stunning area of Ireland.
    — Todd Plummer, Town & Country, 21 May 2019
  • There’s something about that high-glam effect of the foil lip that reminds me of my own untamed youth.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 7 Sep. 2018
  • George Church is a large specimen of a man, with a full beard and somewhat untamed hair.
    — Ed Regis, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2010
  • In the band that has come to embody rock and roll’s untamed spirit both on- and off-stage, Charlie Watts was the one who kept steady time.
    — Kristin McGrath, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Evan Karp, 36, a hulk of a jumper with a thick, untamed beard, sets up a water pump and begins laying hose while the rest of the men race back to the fire.
    — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • This is a space where imagination is not just off the leash, but untamed.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The collection draws on the untamed energy and raw glamour of the 1970s.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Dec. 2020
  • As McCarthy’s untamed hooligans steer the ship of state toward the chop, Democrats would be wise to stick with this instinct.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • In 2002, William was sporting a curlier, more untamed 'do.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Nor was untamed nature a suitable fit for the new nation.
    — Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • According to the service, the problem posed by the untamed cattle is twofold.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In King Kong Lives, the big guy and his best gal embody untamed wilderness and the natural order.
    — Nathan Rabin, vanityfair.com, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Messner, with his headband, beard, and untamed brown hair, looked like a feral Björn Borg.
    — Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The wild foods have been captured for the kitchen’s purposes, served in a dining room built into the untamed landscape of Big Sur.
    — Ellen Fort, Sunset Magazine, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The sculpture was built in the early 1980s and symbolizes Texas’ untamed past as a group of mustangs running across a stream.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
  • Horned lizards shuffled in the sagebrush beneath us, but my horse’s gaze remained locked on his untamed brethren.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • In 1827, artists began flocking to the region to paint its vivid landscapes and untamed wilderness.
    — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • It’s one thing to unleash untamed fury after six days in the gym of battling nothing but teammates.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The trailer also gives us a glimpse at Prince Philip (Matt Smith), who is still cavorting around behind the queen’s back, untamed and free.
    — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The lands surrounding the property are mostly untamed, with dirt trails winding through woodlands, salt marshes, and orchards that have been shaped by the ocean winds and blazing sun.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024

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