amok

Example Sentences

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She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.

From Los Angeles Times

Indiana’s rise has happened as college football’s gone sideways, shedding its phony amateurism for something professionalized and completely amok.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, the rest of them are rejecting the nice guy while Rapaport continues to run amok.

From Salon

Friedman is seeking to push them out of the case, alleging the firm had “run amok” and “dangled the prospect of lottery sized payouts” in front of clients without vetting them.

From Los Angeles Times

The poster child for vendor financing run amok was Lucent Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal