UNRULY in a Sentence

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14 example sentences for UNRULY, such as:

1. It's like trying to manage an unruly child.
2. The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.
3. The only way to kurb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.
4. And if Peter tried to put him to bed, he might get unruly.
5. A number of unruly youth ganged up and terrorized the district.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNRULY
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unruly
 a.  difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
Classic Sentence:
1  And if Peter tried to put him to bed, he might get unruly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  Elzbieta was sick a good deal now, and the boys were wild and unruly, and very much the worse for their life upon the streets.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
3  Boisterous, unruly, and tyrannical, he despised all her counsel, and would none of her reproof; and, at an early age, broke from her, to seek his fortunes at sea.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  Let swains and nymphs lead on the play, while Zephyr sleeps, and the unruly tribes of Heaven confess my sway.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
5  When a boy was rough and unruly there was nothing would do him any good but a good sound whipping.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AN ENCOUNTER
6  He gathered together the unruly race scattered on the mountain heights, and gave them statutes, and chose Latium to be their name, since in these borders he had found a safe hiding-place.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
7  The inference from all which is, that there is no surer or more necessary restraint on the violence of an unruly multitude, than the presence of some one whose character and bearing command respect.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIV.
8  A spirit of unruliness diffused itself among us and, under its influence, differences of culture and constitution were waived.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AN ENCOUNTER
Example Sentence:
1  The only way to kurb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.
2  It's like trying to manage an unruly child.
3  A number of unruly youth ganged up and terrorized the district.
4  A number of unruly youths ganged up and terrorized the district.
5  The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.
6  The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.