tamed

Example Sentences

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There was a strong feeling the Pennsylvania course might be ripe for being tamed.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Better land management, farming practices and suppression have tamed global fires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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

Ancient Egyptians and Assyrians, and modern Indians, tamed cheetahs for use in hunting.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond