How to Use tame in a Sentence

tame

1 of 2 adjective
  • The island's birds are quite tame.
  • They ran a pretty tame campaign.
  • Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker.
  • Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty tame.
  • But cars don’t have to be tame to be fun.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Translate seemed too tame a word.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Tamari sauce is like soy sauce’s gluten-free, tamer, and less salty cousin.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
  • But this is far from a tame costume drama.
    — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Delicious yet tame enough for all palates.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • The third day, the wolf was noticeably tamer and very fond of the pup.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Finish with a hairspray to lock in the style and tame any flyaways.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • Because whoever tries to tame curls needs to think again.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • The Brits were polite and mostly tame.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • There's a strong taste of plums and raisin but with fairly tame acidity.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But his effort is tame and easily saved.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 3 May 2026
  • Some spring breakers agree that the atmosphere is tamer.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Maintaining a little length gives your strands enough pull to keep things tame.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • However, physician care and home health care costs were tame.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • What to Pack Cuyahoga is a pretty tame park—in a good way!
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 16 May 2026
  • There was nothing tame about the dog of the heavens as conceived by the ancients.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Still, the Allerton era is remembered as more tame.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Chicken is tame and going lower.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
  • And prices rose slightly for the month, but stayed relatively tame.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • These responses, some of which were seen millions of times, were on the tamer end of the spectrum.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The 17th hole was relatively tame for the week.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • All of which makes 145 East 76th feel somewhat tame — but not too tame.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Even at its most tame, whatever happened on that set always sounds like the worst work retreat of all time.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Silver pheasants are also known to be gentle-natured and tame.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Both male and female silver pheasants have red faces and legs and are known for their gentle, tame nature.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Still, market reaction was tame.
    — Kevin Buckland, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025

tame

2 of 2 verb
  • It took a while to tame the horse.
  • He struggled to tame his temper.
  • The government needs to do something to tame inflation.
  • In the right hands, even a stubborn loaf can be tamed.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Drop this into soup or give it a good stir-fry to tame the flavor.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Will we be forced to turn the backlighting all the way down just to tame it?
    — Condé Nast, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Then there’s her steady stream of love letters to nature, wild and tamed.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Terahertz waves are hard to tame.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And thanks to the cream cheese and black beans in the filling, the heat gets tamed even more.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Ben was so close to getting this right, but who can tame the strange wills of genius?
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This buttery, spicy dish has a dash of sweetness that'll tame the buzz on your tongue.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • He cannot be tamed and leaves his brother’s widow and his home behind.
    — Sara C. Hahn, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There are a lot of other compounds that can enhance the heat or tame the heat.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And in his view, that could make inflation harder to tame.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • This step not only toasts the rice but tames its tendency to foam up and boil over later.
    — Nancy Baggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Choose the right plants, repeat them, and mass smaller plants in waves of color to help tame the chaos.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Many attempts were made to recapture him, but the swift-moving owl could not be tamed.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The silk texture tames any flyaways without weighing the hair down.
    — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Cash hasn’t so much tamed the savagery of the internet as turned on parental controls.
    — Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This nourishing action helps tame the hair, soften it, and grow.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Acidic liquids can tame that bitterness.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • An easy way to tame the paper is with toilet paper or paper towel tubes.
    — Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The shooter tamed the sun’s glares while ensuring the deep-red gazebo popped against the lush green park.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
  • Bulls hoped the rate increases are nearly over and inflation has been tamed.
    — Terry Savage, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Their frizz was regularly tamed and the hair oil nourished their sometimes dry ends.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Although inflation has been tamed since then, prices are still growing a bit too fast for comfort.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Each choice adds cost, at a time when governments around the world are struggling to tame inflation.
    — Ruth Liao, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Mix together sour cream, mayonnaise, and blue cheese for a blue cheese dressing to tame the heat.
    — Samantha Lande, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2024
  • For a thousand years, locals have tamed the cliffs by terracing them with stone walls from top to bottom.
    — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Finally, beekeepers had tamed some of the wildness of the hive.
    — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026

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