How to Use unrestrained in a Sentence

unrestrained

adjective
  • The child in the car accident was unrestrained.
  • She was fined for driving with an unrestrained infant.
  • His art form is chaos, and the unrestrained fear that chaos can provoke.
    — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Wentz wore a soft brace on his left knee, but his movements were unrestrained to the naked eye.
    — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 22 May 2018
  • Alessi is unrestrained joy in tabletop form.
    — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
  • In police footage, Cox can be seen unrestrained in the back of the van.
    — Ana Ley, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • Prostate cancer refers to the unrestrained growth of certain cells in the gland.
    — Mark Lieber, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • Wednesday is dark and snarky; her one-liners are scathing and unrestrained.
    — Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But with jurors present, Routh has been unrestrained and dressed in a sport coat and tie.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While the high-fives and group hugs are on hold, the zeal of the players and coaches both is unrestrained.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2020
  • But sometimes unrestrained passions can cloud our vision of what makes sense and what is right.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Unrestrained dogs have caused some serious heartache in Boise over the past few days.
    — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 6 June 2017
  • The door was open, the windows in the backseat were closed and the child was unrestrained, police say.
    — Serena O'Sullivan, azcentral, 24 July 2019
  • Yes, there’s a core menu, but most of the time, the boisterous and unrestrained chef is winging it.
    — Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 3 June 2017
  • One of the men had been unrestrained in a back seat at the time of the crash and suffered severe head and neck trauma.
    — City News Service, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • Her curly hair is unrestrained, as opposed to the slicked-back and up style she’s often portrayed with.
    — Charlotte Observer, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Her goal was to show Tripp that fire didn’t have to be a volatile, unrestrained force wreaking damage.
    — J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the white teen is seen in the background watching, unrestrained.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 17 Feb. 2022
  • But there’s no denying the way their blowsy, unrestrained songs knock you upside and down and leave you with a dizzying high.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Those women are bored to death with their lives and shower their pet dogs with unrestrained adoration.
    — Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • At times, the Marines struck back with unrestrained violence.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
  • His calls caught the attention of her unrestrained dog, prompting it to bark and charge toward him.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The project needs to be completely unrestrained, and Gunn was the perfect man for the job.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Parents with their children were seated, unrestrained, at the front.
    — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2023
  • Decades of unrestrained public spending have turned their budgets into a ball and chain.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Three children in one of the cars were unrestrained and injured in the crash, Whitlock said.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Dorsey, who is well liked by colleagues, has until now enjoyed unrestrained support from the board.
    — Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Upon entering the area, Mom couldn’t help but cry out in unrestrained joy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2019
  • The Dodgers were a successful team but one with unrestrained spending habits.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Their daughter, also unrestrained, was pronounced dead in the backseat of the car.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 14 May 2025

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