How to Use wild in a Sentence

wild

1 of 3 adjective

• The crowd went wild when the band took the stage.
• I felt a wild rage.
• He was wild with anger.
• But the ball was a bit too wild and skipped off Schlesinger’s glove.
  — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• This is the one the kids on TikTok go wild for and for good reason.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
• Xele This is a dance floor banger; the crowd always goes wild to this record.
  — Danny Klein, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2023
• Sometimes, the horses would be wild and shifty and try to turn around.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
• Because of their Sun signs, Avril and Tyga are in for a wild ride.
  — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 25 Mar. 2023
• Each plush toy comes with catnip so the kitties will go wild.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• The Romans held staged hunts and had wild beasts fight humans and each other.
  — Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2023
• The luxe slippers are available in sizes 5 through 12 and in three colors: black, red sand, and wild dove.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
• When the band and cheerleaders stopped by for a quick performance, the crowd went wild.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Eton mess, made with wild strawberries and basil syrup.
  — Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• These stunners pair well with jeans, chinos, or shorts in prints that are just as wild.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
• Create a party using that as the jumping-off point for the theme, then go wild!
  — Nicole Johnson, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023
• That’s a wild number even for a team that’s trailed by 10 or more in the opening quarter six times already.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Scroll through to enjoy some of this year’s wildest runway details.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2023
• The weather can be wild, swinging by more than 40 degrees in a single day.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
• But Tampa Bay has the pitching that suggests its start is not some wild anomaly.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• Of riding on the tongue of something magical, long, wild, wide and laughing.
  — Mylène Dressler, Longreads, 11 Apr. 2023
• And that's not even one of the ten wildest storylines from the best political thriller NBC has produced in years.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
• Things spiral out of control, the crowd goes wild — really wild — and the whole thing turns into a massacre.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
• The Sox converted an out at second, but Kiké Hernández’s relay to first was late and wild.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• The home sits above marshland, and the backyard gardens are wild and natural and flanked by meadows on each side.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2023
• This card taps into the deepest desires of the heart and asks us to believe in the possibility of our wildest dreams to come true.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• Some take us to wild places in nature, others to wild worlds born in artists’ imaginations.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• Perhaps what made the Easter Sunday moment so special was the series of wild events that transpired on the 13-game streak.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• Today, there are nearly 500 with more than half of those considered wild.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• Think wild turbot from the Basque coast, thumb-size barnacles from Galicia, and the fattest red prawns straight from the Costa Brava.
  — Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
• In these cases, they’re known as mother-of-pearl clouds, on account of their wild coloration: swirls of purple, teal, and yellow.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2023

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wild

2 of 3 noun

• The plants were collected from the wild.
• They will return the animal to the wild when it is healthy.
• They hiked through the wilds of Maine.
• I've only seen that animal in a zoo, never in the wild.
• Could these animals survive in the wild?
• Bison have a life span of about 15 to 20 years in the wild.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
• There are now less than 7,000 cheetahs left in the wild, says the WWF.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
• There’s no place better in the world to see Orcas in the wild.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
• Think the iconic ’90s film Clueless, but out in the wild.
  — Natalie Alcala, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2022
• This isn't the first time Eisenberg and the Zellner Brothers have crossed paths in the wild.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• Moe was orphaned in the wild as a young sloth and has been in Cincinnati since 2006.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2022
• In the wild and in zoos, most panda cubs are weaned between 18 months and 2 years of age.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
• These are red squirrels, and to see them in the wild, let alone in such numbers, is a rare treat.
  — Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2022
• The find is among only a handful of such UEFI threats known to have been used in the wild.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 July 2022
• The walking is pleasant, but the birds are at their wild-flushing worst.
  — Tom Davis, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2023
• In the wild, lions can live up to 16 years, but male lions rarely live past 12.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• The South Island kōkako hadn’t been seen in the wild since 1967, so it was declared extinct.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• And if a buyer spots a Princess Diana Beanie Baby — or even a group of them — in the wild?
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2022
• Get ready for a weekend in the wild with your crew of fun, fearless females.
  — Noel Cody, Essence, 22 Sep. 2022
• Give that girl a dollar amount of your choosing and watch her go buck wild.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023
• For a bird’s eye view of the landscape, opt for a hot air balloon flight or a scenic flight across the great African wild.
  — Karthika Gupta, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023
• But, when out in the wild, the actor tends to favour more classic silhouettes.
  — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2023
• In a matter of months, researchers were able to grow organisms that take decades to form in the wild.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• On the eve of his wedding, John Stamos was not having one wild, last night of fun.
  — Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
• These are three animals that would never meet in the wild.
  — CBS News, 3 July 2022
• Today, 1,864 giant pands live in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2022
• The iOS update fixed two flaws, both of which were being used by attackers in the wild.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
• In the wild, it is known to overgrow forest floors and tree trunks due to its aerial root system.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2022
• It’s not easy for Peresta to keep all this equipment running in the wild.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• The great white hunter manages to slay the beast, but with his transportation reduced to a smoking heap, the couple's forced to spend the night in the wild.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2023

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wild

3 of 3 adverb

• These plants grow wild on the roadside.
• When del Potro stood up and raised his arms in the air, the crowd went wild.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 11 July 2018
• The Astros streamed from the dugout and bullpen to go wild, tossing their gloves in the air.
  — Ben Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2017
• This is the famous Tiger Run-On, and the Vegas crowd goes wild for it.
  — Zack Arias, Smithsonian, 29 Jan. 2017
• This is the famous Tiger Run-On, and the Vegas crowd goes wild for it.
  — Zack Arias, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• Bring them to a party or serve them at your own and watch the crowd go wild.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 15 May 2018
• The upset was complete, and the Trojans crowd went wild.
  — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2018
• The National League wild-card race is a big stupid mess.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• The crowd went wild, some just a few feet from the stage, some a mile or two away, watching on one of the many Jumbotrons.
  — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• Kyle Davis opened the inning with a double off Keaton, who then wild pitched Davis to third.
  — Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 7 July 2017
• Pair this tasty treat with crackers or warm pita bread to make the crowd go wild.
  — Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
• With McLellan at the plate, Johnston wild-pitched the runners to second and third.
  — Robert Morales, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2013
• Shoot from the grassy patch out front or go wild from up in the adjacent parking garage.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 21 June 2019
• At the end of the performance, Cabello nudged her nose against Mendes’ as the crowd went wild.
  — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Normally at a concert, when the artist steps out onto the stage and the show begins, the crowd goes wild.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 17 June 2017
• The crowd goes wild and the pair embrace one another, arms aloft and tears flowing.
  — SI.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• The crowd, meanwhile, went wild over the unexpected show.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Cleveland held the top American League wild-card slot at 74-51.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• Like the Giants facing one of the four teams that stand between them and a National League wild-card slot.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2019
• By the end, in one of the video’s best shots, she and the dancers are going wild in the Louvre basement, and topless men are jumping for joy in front of the sphinx.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 17 June 2018
• In 2020, there’s no excuse for a wild-flying broadhead.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 22 Sep. 2020
• The crowd went wild, according to a video Bowling shared with the Louisville Courier-Journal.
  — Cleve Wootson, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018
• Chavie had been afraid to talk to such a wild-sounding person as Chani Getter, but on the phone Chani was very friendly.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
• On April 21, the Powdersville High School dubbed two students prom king and queen – and just like any other year, the crowd went wild.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 1 May 2018
• Video of performance shows the crowd going wild as the hip-hop track begins to blast throughout the arena.
  — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2018
• Less then 24 hours ago, the Internet went wild over a video of a boy yodeling in the middle of Walmart.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2018
• They were swept by the Washington Nationals this week, pushing them to 5 1/2 games back of the last NL wild-card spot.
  — Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• This is a bummer for a team that played so well in July (19-6) to climb into the National League wild-card race.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• Oakland retains a one-game lead over idle Tampa Bay for the top spot in the American League wild-card chase.
  — Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2019
• The Flyers, who started the night as the conference’s top wild-card team, moved into a tie in points with the second-place Penguins in the Metro.
  — Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 3 May 2024