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Recent Examples of uncontrollably
Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026
About two hours into the trip, the ship began to leak uncontrollably.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Cancer Cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Feb. 2026
Officers called to the scene by angry neighbors encountered one teenager shaking uncontrollably and vomiting on the front lawn of the home, according to the report, which also noted that the teen was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for alcohol poisoning.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Let her courage linger while the sports calendar spins uncontrollably.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026
About two hours into the trip, the ship began to leak uncontrollably.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Cancer Cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Feb. 2026
Officers called to the scene by angry neighbors encountered one teenager shaking uncontrollably and vomiting on the front lawn of the home, according to the report, which also noted that the teen was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for alcohol poisoning.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Let her courage linger while the sports calendar spins uncontrollably.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollably
Adverb
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All this happened before, with the aid of a boombox, Singh and the little girls taught me to crazily dance Punjabi-style in their welcoming home occupied by three generations.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Some members of the group dug desperately into the snow for friends and partners as the powder began to turn into a freezing, concrete-like crust.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Warners releases approximately 15 theatrical movies a year and the beleaguered motion picture exhibition community desperately depends on that output.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In audio of the 911 call obtained by NBC News, Caleb Flynn could be heard frantically telling a dispatcher that someone broke into his home and shot his wife.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
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Players slide 40-pound stones toward a target while their teammates sweep frantically to control its speed and direction, and Gross does the same with a cast that gives it all.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Reporters from many media outlets spent the afternoon feverishly examining the files.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Scrape, shovel, rake was the theme for the day for homes across Massachusetts as residents, plow drivers and landscapers worked feverishly to remove snow off rooftops, steps and driveways.—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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At a picnic fundraiser in Orlando, his wife Iryna grabs his arms and wildly twirls around his wheelchair, savoring life.—
Carol Guzy,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2026
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As scientists have come to realize, the samples aren’t wholly representative of the wildly diverse moon, Andrews-Hanna said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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The early-career excitement Spielberg generated with Duel, The Sugarland Express, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind came to a thudding halt with the frenetically busy, hopelessly bloated war comedy, 1941.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The assassination led to a political vacuum and plunged Haiti deeper into chaos, with armed gangs running amok.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Internet ran amok in his comic Worldtr33, toxic friendships became entangled in his Nice House On… books, the moneyed elite behaved badly in Exquisite Corpses.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Nineties were madly in love with Elvis, to the point where the Naked Gun movies could get laughs by casting 1960s Broadway star Robert Goulet as Priscilla Presley’s love interest — an in-joke for fans who knew that her husband hated Goulet and would shoot out TVs at the sight of his face.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Uncontrollably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrollably. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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