uncontainable

Example Sentences

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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

Demonstrations can only be banned if police chiefs have credible evidence they are likely to lead to uncontainable disorder.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2024

It’s expressed in his new film’s climax, a crisis of uncontainable fondness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

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

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2023

I dropped my phone to the couch and tried to contain an uncontainable noise of glee.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows