uncontrollable

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Smith describes it as being like "intrusive thoughts" with "no malice, no hatred and it's uncontrollable", often in moments of high emotion such as when he is sad or happy.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

"Obviously very disappointed to go out in this fashion, but completely uncontrollable," said Tucker.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

“Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…”

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

It wasn’t an injury or an uncontrollable act that doomed them this time, but rather a rash of discipline errors that came at the worst possible time.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

I decided that he was deliberately avoiding talk of shifgrethor because he wished to rouse emotions of a more elemental, uncontrollable kind.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin