How to Use uncontained in a Sentence

uncontained

adjective
  • Many of the fires are largely uncontained or not contained at all.
    — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The uncontained blaze had destroyed well over 100 square miles of land.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
  • At least 80 fires — some contained, some uncontained — burned across the state.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The blaze is completely uncontained, and its cause is unknown.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still burning by Friday evening.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still growing by Tuesday evening.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There is an uncontained fire north of the facility, the update said.
    — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • An engine on the plane had an uncontained failure, throwing off debris.
    — Zach Wichter, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2018
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still expanding as of Thursday evening.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Hundreds more firefighters joined the battle against the uncontained flames.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still expanding by Thursday evening.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still growing by Wednesday midnight.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The agency said Friday that there are 10 uncontained large fires burning across five states.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • At several points over the summer, at least 50 fires were burning uncontained.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Wildfire west of Tamarac grows to 100 acres, still uncontained.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • By Thursday evening, the blaze remains uncontained and continues to spread.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
  • Joyce, 65, comes to this post with the right mix of uncontained optimism and total fatalism.
    — Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Sixteen large uncontained fires burned in Oregon and Washington state alone this week.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
  • By Thursday evening, the blaze remains uncontained and keeps expanding.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
  • An uncontained engine failure, in which pieces of the engine break apart, releases shrapnel that can destroy the plane.
    — CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still expanding by Saturday evening.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025
  • The blaze remains uncontained and and is still burning by Thursday afternoon.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Colorado has declared a statewide disaster emergency as two dozen uncontained wildfires rage across the state.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Since igniting Wednesday, the uncontained blaze has swept through more than 3½ square miles of mostly brush and timber.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021
  • By late Monday, the uncontained blaze had grown to 1,000 acres and damaged one structure.
    — Cynthia Dizikes, SFChronicle.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Fueled in part by strong winds known as the Santa Anas, several fires remain uncontained.
    — Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • No fatalities or injuries had been reported, but many of the fires remained uncontained.
    — Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There was no evidence of uncontained engine failure with either engine, the report said.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026
  • In the United States, more than 60 large, uncontained wildfires are burning.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2024
  • The death toll from the wildfires reached 16 as of Saturday night, and the fires remained mostly uncontained.
    — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025

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