wildness
Example Sentences
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Baseball’s rules were standardized by middle-class Manhattan professionals who “squeezed all the wildness of the folk game into their polished diamond,” giving it a sheen of gentility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
To some extent, there was a time when such carefree wildness reigned.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
Lean and athletic, with a wildness in his eyes, Ray displays the same antagonism as Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher from “Gangs of New York” or Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
She liked Ruth’s loyalty, her wildness, her desperation.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024
“So let us all celebrate life and wildness, together!”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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