uncurbed
Example Sentences
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But while his life had “moments of intense melancholy and despair,” merriment went largely uncurbed.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2021
It’s tempting to say yes, save that actual HAL has an uncurbed individuality.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2018
She asked if they also fixed sidewalks, which, marred by uncurbed dogs, shattered Peroni bottles and disjointed concrete, is hardly a refuge.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2018
The film star Hugh Grant said that successive British governments had been intimidated into allowing the excesses to go uncurbed for decades.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2011
And when I think of Smollett’s tales, Of waspish Pope’s ill-natured rails, Of Fielding dull, of Sterne too free, Of Swift’s uncurbed indecency, Of Dr. Johnson’s bludgeon-wit, I must confess I’m glad of it!
From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by Bangs, John Kendrick
