wilding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wilding
Adjective
  • It is estimated that there are currently between 60 and 100 million stray and feral cats across America, and most of them live their life in the streets without ever even making it to an animal shelter.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • The digital nomad stereotype persists: feral twenty-somethings earning $2,000 monthly in Thailand.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • The area sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Currituck Sound is packed with maritime forests, sand dunes, and shrub thickets, all untouched, all wild, and all waiting patiently for visitors to explore.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
  • The rocky bluffs make the waters particularly treacherous, earning the tip of Door County a wild nickname: Death’s Door.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Wilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilding. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!