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
To some extent, there was a time when such carefree wildness reigned.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
This push and pull between wilderness and civilized life, or wildness versus timidity, has preoccupied Brown for the duration of his career, and it is what brought Brown to his robot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
She liked Ruth’s loyalty, her wildness, her desperation.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024
How could I share with my mother the wildness of my body or the desperation of my mind?
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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