uncontrollably

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Recent Examples of uncontrollably Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026 Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026 Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads. Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026 Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads. Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollably
Adverb
  • And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Adverb
  • Nakase switches it up The Valkyries desperately needed a spark after such a sluggish first half.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • Kara desperately wants to find out what happened to her best friend, Phoebe, who may be dead.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Adverb
  • Instead of frantically digging through a tote at security, everything stays organized, easy to grab, and surprisingly chic.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • But what was meant to be a celebratory moment went terribly wrong just moments later when a fire was ignited, and the family frantically grabbed water bottles to put out the growing flames.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Adverb
  • As Major League Baseball’s Rays make their latest fitful pursuit to build a new Tampa Bay home, an Orlando group is feverishly working to develop a fanbase, win political support, and perhaps gain a chunk of tourism dollars for a ballpark in the event opportunity comes its way.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Fans have spent the past few months feverishly speculating about who the band will hire.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2026
Adverb
  • The local landscape in Shanghai is also getting even more crowded with a branch of the wildly-successful tour behind the scenes of the Harry Potter movies set to open there next year.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Fans hoped this mainstream spotlight would set the stage to rival the heydays of the wildly popular McGregor and Ronda Rousey, the judo specialist who incentivized the UFC to develop women’s divisions.
    Mark Puleo, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Adverb
  • And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • By 1877, the hope for Black equality met an enfeebled federal government that essentially permitted Jim Crow to run amok.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • Some people ardently believe that AI and AI makers are being allowed to run amok.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Adverb
  • This is why couples who prioritize trust, companionship and emotional responsiveness — every day, no matter what — are the ones who still seem madly in love decades later, even when youth and novelty has long since faded.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • And all the while underlings scrambled madly for a correct number.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Uncontrollably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrollably. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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