What does the word unruly mean?
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Disposed to resist control; ungovernable.
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for unruly
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Will you in the plenitude of your might, and the resoluteness of kindled energy, will the extinction of those unruly passions? – The Portland Sketch Book by Various
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Evidently he had no mind that his old landlord should suffer from the claims of his unruly son- in- law. – An Introduction to Shakespeare by H. N. MacCracken F. E. Pierce W. H. Durham
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Alfonso appears to have cherished affection for his unruly son, for upon hearing, soon after the reconciliation, that Sancho was seriously ill, the King died of grief. – The Story of Seville by Walter M. Gallichan