run riot

Example Sentences

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Intellectual license granted, the company is allowed to run riot in a performance work that maintains a Brechtian distance between actor and role.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Jeremy Doku was absolutely brilliant for Manchester City in their 3-0 win on Sunday, but Liverpool's tactics were the reason he was able to run riot down their right.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Flowers also run riot inside City Hall too.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

A red card for United defender Jonny Evans early in the second half enabled City to run riot late in the game, scoring three times from the 90th minute.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Let me be prosaic so far as facts can be; it will help me to bear up, and imagination must not run riot with me.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker