run amok
Example Sentences
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Of course, the critters escape and run amok; the show’s faster, sometimes drone-shot xenomorph chases required longer corridors than hide-and-seek-oriented “Alien’s,” some 160-feet-plus.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The poster child for vendor financing run amok was Lucent Technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
Their defending has been such an abomination that Celtic, with no dependable striker but with a point to prove, could potentially run amok.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
On Bourbon Street, consumerism and short-term gratification run amok: barkers hawk neon drinks, discarded plastic crunches underfoot, pounding drumbeats and flashing lights override rational thought.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
