uncontainable

Example Sentences

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Eccentric and engaging, with the uncontainable energy of a shaken-up Coke bottle, he came up with a song that, for once, sounded uniquely British.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

If you knew nothing of Cheever’s work, you might sit up in your chair with surprise at that sentence—for its eruption of uncontainable joy expressed via an almost comically surreal image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The duo’s sharp-witted lyrics, relentless rhythm and uncontainable passion ensured that their performance would be etched in memory as one of the highlights of the evening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

By June, it was so big that it was uncontainable.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2023

She’d stopped wearing her hair in pigtails, and now it ranged about her shoulders like kudzu, untamed, uncontainable.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray