unruly

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

According to the lawsuit, Cuellar and Tipping signed up for training that instructs bicycle officers on dealing with unruly people.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

A supreme court ruling reportedly issued Tuesday afternoon appears to have blocked the post-mortems, but not before unruly protest scenes broke out on Tuesday in Jerusalem and other Israeli cities, according to police.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

“When neighborhoods are plagued by issues such as aggressive panhandling, unruly street vending, public urination, abandoned vehicles, it gives the impression of an unsafe community,” she said in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

She had expected the letter writer to be a guy with a wild beard and unruly hair, like those men who lived in the woods and didn’t use technology.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson