How to Use uncontained in a Sentence

uncontained

adjective

• That’s why it’s spread around the world in such an uncontained way.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
• In all, 59 large, uncontained fires rage across the West.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, oregonlive, 17 July 2021
• The uncontained blaze had destroyed well over 100 square miles of land.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
• Many of the fires are largely uncontained or not contained at all.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
• By late Monday, the uncontained blaze had grown to 1,000 acres and damaged one structure.
  — Cynthia Dizikes, SFChronicle.com, 7 Sep. 2020
• Within the barn, in the fields that the cattle graze, in the new world that the chickens emerge into, uncontained by their coop for what is unmistakable the first time.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2021
• There is an uncontained fire north of the facility, the update said.
  — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• The agency said Friday that there are 10 uncontained large fires burning across five states.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022
• The blaze is completely uncontained, and its cause is unknown.
  — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2020
• Joyce, 65, comes to this post with the right mix of uncontained optimism and total fatalism.
  — Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Since igniting Wednesday, the uncontained blaze has swept through more than 3½ square miles of mostly brush and timber.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021
• Much of the area where the fire remains uncontained is in very steep, tough-to-access areas, which are often too dangerous for ground crews to reach, DeFries said.
  — Joe Sutton, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• Hundreds more firefighters joined the battle against the uncontained flames.
  — Jonathan J. Cooper and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2017
• An engine on the plane had an uncontained failure, throwing off debris.
  — Zach Wichter, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2018
• At several points over the summer, at least 50 fires were burning uncontained.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
• An uncontained engine failure, in which pieces of the engine break apart, releases shrapnel that can destroy the plane.
  — CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
• The last of the three fire signs, Sagittarius is a 'wildfire' Kelly says, uncontained and unlimited.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
• Sixteen large uncontained fires burned in Oregon and Washington state alone this week.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
• Historic blazes have worsened air quality across the Bay Area, with no end in sight as fires remain mostly uncontained.
  — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• The completely uncontained, 150-acre Blanket Creek fire is burning nine miles northeast of Prospect.
  — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 28 July 2017
• The blade flew outside of the engine in an uncontained failure causing engine parts to damage the wing, fuselage and breaking a cabin window.
  — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• As of Thursday morning, there were 51 large, uncontained wildfires in the United States, heavily centered in that area.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2017
• The ongoing wildfires are mostly uncontained and have already burned through an area larger than Rhode Island, tainting the air as far away as the Midwest.
  — Tim Elfrink, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020
• The fire remained completely uncontained even though more than 650 people were fighting it.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• The fire was entirely uncontained as of Sunday morning.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 24 July 2022
• Videos and photos shared to social media show how the Colorado Fire remained largely uncontained along the scenic coastline in the early hours of Saturday.
  — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022
• The Pomina fire was burning uncontained near the town of Beatty, located about 40 miles northeast of Klamath Falls.
  — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2021
• Sixteen large uncontained fires burned in Oregon and Washington state alone on Monday.
  — Gillian Flaccus, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2021
• Many cities where the coronavirus is uncontained are levying $100 fines for going without a mask near other people in public places.
  — Editorial Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• Yet the music’s exuberance masks the lyric’s dark feelings of isolation and depression, revealing Gabriel’s knack for exploring the tension between a bright, shimmery arrangement and messy, uncontained emotions.
  — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024