How to Use uncontrolled in a Sentence

uncontrolled

adjective

• The car came to an uncontrolled stop on the right shoulder behind the tractor-trailer.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 17 Nov. 2022
• Then, a blaze of uncontrolled flames erupted from the engines, followed by plumes of gray smoke.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 12 July 2022
• This is just the latest in a string of uncontrolled reentries that China has become known for in recent years.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 July 2022
• The Nissan came to an uncontrolled stop on the right shoulder of the highway, and the tractor-trailer was stopped in the area between the HOV lane and rest of the highway, state police said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2022
• The rocket carrying the module, the Long March 5B, will make an uncontrolled reentry.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
• Those groups have also experienced some progress in terms of the uncontrolled pay gap.
  — Josie Cox, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• There’s something a little bit alive, a bit uncontrolled.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
• An uncontrolled growth of cells in your mouth may produce white patches on your tongue that look similar to oral thrush.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 21 Jan. 2024
• When severe and uncontrolled, ITP can force patients to have their spleen removed.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 28 Nov. 2023
• The acrobatic stunt is not a frantic and uncontrolled plunge.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
• Scientists say that the post’s logic is flawed and that laser tests in uncontrolled conditions are not a reliable way to prove the Earth's shape.
  — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
• The uncontrolled disposal of an object this large is not routine.
  — Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
• The uncontrolled disposal of the pallet, however, was not part of the original plan.
  — George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
• Cancer is the term given to hundreds of diseases that share uncontrolled cell division and the potential to spread to other parts of the body.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2022
• The uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance through the ground for multiple days is reportable to the agency, Maher said.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2022
• Doing so can allow businesses to avoid being gobbled by the Scylla of uncontrolled cloud costs in the next stage.
  — Scott Sellers, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• The baseball-sized teratoma, an uncontrolled growth of skin, muscle, bone, and other tissues, obscured the baby’s neck and jaw line.
  — Christopher Hartnick, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
• What’s the cause of colon cancer? Dr. John Whyte: Colon cancer, like other cancers, arises from the uncontrolled growth and division of cells in the colon or rectum.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
• Even for those who don’t have aphasia or Tourette’s, swearing can become a habit, something like an uncontrolled verbal tic.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
• This sets up an uncontrolled reentry through the atmosphere, and while most of the 30-meter-long rocket breaks up due to heating, significant chunks make it to the surface of the Earth.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022
• Many had problems on pit road, including Kyle Busch, who not only had a penalty for an uncontrolled tire but later spun into the grass and went a lap down.
  — Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022
• Repsol initially blamed the spill on large waves triggered by the eruption of the Tonga volcano, but now says the spill was caused by unusual, uncontrolled movements by the tanker.
  — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
• But other jobs take a more case-by-case approach: A school bus driver can be any age over 18 but can’t have an uncontrolled seizure disorder, for instance.
  — Anna Chodos, STAT, 4 Oct. 2023
• Afghanistan and Pakistan are among the only nations where polio spread remains uncontrolled.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2022
• Horizon’s second-best-selling drug is Krystexxa, a drug for uncontrolled gout.
  — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• To address the uncontrolled spread of a deadly novel virus, the federal government quickly erected a structure that drew upon a raft of laws on the books.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
• At the same time, the number of people skiing in uncontrolled backcountry terrain, where avalanches are most likely, has exploded in the past 20 years.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
• The first stage of the rocket that launched both the Wentian and Tianhei followed a similar uncontrolled reentry path—both crashing into the Indian Ocean.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
• But this couple had moved from the Norfolk area where the cost of farmland had become prohibitive due to uncontrolled suburban sprawl.
  — TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
• Oh, yes — in the worst-case scenario, federal spending would remain uncontrolled.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024