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US
/ənˈɹuɫi/
]
[ UK /ʌnɹˈuːli/ ]
[ UK /ʌnɹˈuːli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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incapable of being controlled
the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly -
unwilling to submit to authority
unruly teenagers -
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
a boisterous crowd
a robustious group of teenagers
a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
an unruly class
How To Use unruly In A Sentence
- But emotional ferment still seething from his betrayed boyhood keeps his body churning with unruly symptoms. Times, Sunday Times
- She will clip her long, unruly hair with a tarnished barrette and see her off to school.
- Gardeners regularly stroll the grounds, picking up stray pieces of trash and trimming unruly bushes.
- The unruly bunch pushed into the White House, clods standing on the silk-upholstered furniture in muddy boots to get a glimpse of the new president (who was trying not to be crushed by his well-wishers). Inauguration Party Like It's 1829
- None of the unruly activities in themselves would be regarded as seriously criminal, but their accumulative effect is having a real impact on the usage of the community building, and may even threaten its future survival.
- London was not the only place with unruly crowds. The English Civil War: A People's History
- The university marshal arrived with the six ‘bedels,’ who are proctors carrying long silver rods to intimidate unruly undergraduates into better behavior.
- Residents say the area was once a peaceful place to live, but has been ruined by unruly youths.
- the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
- He wore a simple silver band on his unruly black curls, for he was not yet old enough to wear the coronet of the King-in-Waiting. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN