amok
Example Sentences
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Gossip about the celebrity guest list has run amok.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Now, the rest of them are rejecting the nice guy while Rapaport continues to run amok.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
The Arabic-language service appears to have run entirely amok.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
The army was mutinous; the factory workers galled; inflation ran amok.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing amok
Stargirl
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The Joy Luck Club
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