How to Use uncontainable in a Sentence

uncontainable

adjective
  • Without these hand-offs and guardrails, unchecked agent swarms invite uncontainable chaos.
    — Amrit Jassal, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • And love can be like that sometimes, a raging storm or an uncontainable wildfire.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • It’s expressed in his new film’s climax, a crisis of uncontainable fondness.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • What was contained, or uncontainable, in that singular sound?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The only thing that is certain is the uncontainable passion, as depicted by the final two lines.
    — Ruben Quesada Victoria Chang, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • His uncontainable joy has turned a modest home move into a viral celebration.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • Sadr quickly established himself as an uncontainable force in Iraq.
    — Thanassis Cambanis, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2018
  • Nuclear war is so destructive, so uncontainable, that a nuclear exchange anywhere would be felt the world over.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2019
  • But in cinema, the monster movie has mutated into an uncontainable genre behemoth all its own.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • During a dance break, the audience took over with a special fan chant, with camera shots showing ladies in the crowd jumping up and down with uncontainable excitement.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Shekinah is the Hebrew word for the majestic and uncontainable glory of God somehow dwelling upon the earth.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Moreover, Erickson’s output was so varied as to be uncontainable.
    — Tom Maxwell, Longreads, 7 June 2019
  • The duo’s sharp-witted lyrics, relentless rhythm and uncontainable passion ensured that their performance would be etched in memory as one of the highlights of the evening.
    — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
  • In the sculpture, black ink swirls around the resin like a spreading oil spill, suggesting the uncontainable entropy, and the indelible effects, of that fateful decree.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Before our eyes, Every Little Thing comes to embody the fragile yet uncontainable mystery of all life.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Before our eyes, Every Little Thing comes to embody the fragile yet uncontainable mystery of all life.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In the photos, Charlotte ranges from exuding uncontainable excitement over the games to downright contempt for the affair.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Bennett offers guidance and direction from the ground, and when a contestant strikes a perfect pose, the host's enthusiasm is uncontainable.
    — Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In the prime of his career, in the mid-90s through the mid-aughts, he was considered one of hockey’s greatest players, a combination of uncontainable speed and skill.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
  • From viral videos to uncontainable fan excitement, A Minecraft Movie has ignited a worldwide block party!
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The crowd radiates a chaotic, uncontainable energy, understanding that there will be a precise before and after this moment.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • Arca always pushes us out of our musical comfort zones, experimenting with form and genre in ways that are unwieldy and can feel uncontainable, but are always beautiful.
    — Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Giannis is uncontainable, and Bobby Portis creates a matchup issue because of his ability to stretch the floor from the 4 or 5.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
  • There’s still an uncontainable amount of excitement immediately after Thanksgiving as the kids eagerly await setting things up.
    — Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In many cases, enterprises fail to select the appropriate models from the outset or struggle to deploy them in a manner that allows for sharing across agents, resulting in uncontainable costs.
    — Manosiz Bhattacharyya, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Order goes beyond that, showing us the inherent danger of magnetic leaders, as well as the debilitating toll of chasing an evil that sometimes seems uncontainable.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The pledges are part of a concerted scramble by European Union countries to prevent uncontainable damage to the economy as businesses shutter at alarming rates.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
  • For an object that is fundamentally a box, designed to keep things inside it, the shipping container is a remarkable lesson in the uncontainable nature of modern life—the way our choices, like our goods, ramify around the world.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • If and when the outbreak is deemed uncontainable, the government will inevitably impose restrictions and introduce emergency legislation to ensure that public services and the economy are able to cope.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2020
  • In fact, to be forced to choose between a) war under unfavorable circumstances for which America is not prepared, and b) the emergence of an aggressive, uncontainable, existential threat is not just a failure.
    — Jim Talent, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017

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