wild thing
Example Sentences
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It was really wonderful to see the anticipation on everyone’s face in the crew about what outfit I was going to show up in and what wild thing I was going to say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Kelly: You are incredibly humble but to say you aren't a skilful player is a wild thing to say.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
“I can’t think of any one that has language like this, where it’s telling people to lie. That seems like a wild thing for lawyers, on both sides, to be saying.”
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2024
“That’s a wild thing for us as ice core scientists, because we’re used to being way inland and it’s just flat white.”
From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2024
I shrank back, my heart racing like a wild thing.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
