tamed

Example Sentences

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Amen Corner was tamed, and McIlroy was on the home straight.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Sondheim’s were instead tamed by his art, Okrent suggests, which shaped his “textured, contradictory, troubling, and gratifying life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

World number one Sabalenka tamed 18-year-old American Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 and faces either third seed Coco Gauff or 12th seed Elina Svitolina for a place in the final.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

He has slashed spending, cut red tape and tamed inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Her corn-yellow hair is tamed into a tight French braid, but a few strands of silver hair flash in the candlelight.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson