How to Use uncontrollable in a Sentence

uncontrollable

adjective

• But the shot going through the net brought a rush of uncontrollable tears.
  — Chris Melchiorre, Philly.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Blasts of uncontrollable wind tear trees from the ground.
  — Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 1 June 2023
• It’s about the uncontrollable, and that’s what happens to him.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
• All of this to say, while the weather is uncontrollable, skin health is not.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 5 Sep. 2018
• The trash fire that has engulfed the bullpen is uncontrollable.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
• This urge was more than an uncontrollable need to squat.
  — Deborah D.e.e.p Mouton, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2020
• That might be less a knack than an uncontrollable urge.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 10 Dec. 2019
• In the not-too-distant past, any car with 824 hp at its rear wheels would have been a wild ride at best, uncontrollable at worst.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
• There have been some tears, for sure, but mostly it's been smiles and uncontrollable laughs.
  — Bobby Flay, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2020
• But what Singapore is showing the world is that when all the stars are aligned, the virus may not be as uncontrollable as feared.
  — Philip J. Heijmans, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2020
• The city’s rage would have been uncontrollable had that happened.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2019
• The only way to control the uncontrollable was through tricks of the mind, making deals and appeals to the demons, the dybbuks lurking just out of sight.
  — Janice Gary, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2018
• The hardest thing to do sometimes is accept the uncontrollable things life throws at you.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• This has caused denser and more fire-prone forests than the long-term average for the West, which has led to more massive and uncontrollable fires.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
• Vonnegut had the look—sad, kind eyes under that mop of uncontrollable hair, the full droopy mustache.
  — Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
• The story unfolds around Ada and Souleiman, lovers who are kept apart by uncontrollable forces.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
• My first two children entered the world to the sound of my laughter—peals of uncontrollable laughter.
  — Leah Wright Rigueur, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2021
• Some mild episodes of nosebleeds in the days leading up to the game turned into a scary episode of uncontrollable bleeding at halftime of the BC game.
  — Eric Hansen, Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2020
• In my 14 years here, a couple of shameless and uncontrollable crying fits come to mind.
  — Nneka Joi, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2021
• Like his boyhood self, they were awestruck by the uncontrollable forces before them.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
• The Good News: Death is an unfortunate part of life that feels uncontrollable, but its power is not any stronger than that of the Lord.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 Aug. 2022
• The same goes for trying to deal with uncontrollable bleeding.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 July 2022
• It’s more than that as Jones was back to his uncontrollable antics in the third quarter when he was called for back-to-back personal fouls.
  — Joe Mussatto, ajc, 25 Nov. 2017
• The latter is often uncontrollable, but the former is an easy fix.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
• In the meantime, more countries are locking down to avoid more uncontrollable case spikes.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 16 Dec. 2020
• The reason for all the uncontrollable teleporting back and forth?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
• Yet as Paul pointed out, the best way to avoid worrying about the uncontrollable is to look at this challenge through a narrow lens.
  — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
• Both uncontrollable events and his own choices have put him in a perilous position as the year ends.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
• In Milwaukee, the danger of uncontrollable gunshots was made clear in a recent homicide.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
• Fear is what fuels any widespread panic, feeding off collective hysteria and growing into an uncontrollable monster.
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025