unruly

Example Sentences

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It was Bell Labs’ responsibility, in other words, to create technologies for designing, expanding and improving an unruly communications network of cables and microwave links and glass fibers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The other stays raw — bright, fresh, slightly unruly.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Associated noise-related issues range from unruly crowds to honking horns in overcrowded parking lots.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

"Whenever you're ready," says Thom Yorke, adopting the tone of a schoolteacher waiting for an unruly class to settle down, as Radiohead get ready to play their encore at London's O2 Arena.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

In Baton Rouge, the weather was dark and unruly.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers