Examples of “wild” in a Sentence

adj Living or growing in a natural state, not tamed, farmed, or cultivated by people.

• We spotted wild deer grazing at the edge of the forest.
• Wild horses still roam parts of the American West.
• They picked wild berries along the trail.

adj Uncontrolled, unrestrained, or reckless in behavior.

• The students went wild with excitement when the holiday was announced.
• He had a wild youth and did many reckless things.
• The party got a bit wild after midnight.

adj Very surprising, extreme, or hard to believe.

• The ending of that film was so wild that nobody in the cinema spoke.
• It sounds wild, but the whole team really did win the raffle twice.
• That's a wild coincidence — we were just talking about her.

noun Natural, uncultivated surroundings; nature away from human settlement.

• Some people go hiking just to spend a few days in the wild.
• Many animals born in zoos never learn how to survive in the wild.
• The rescued wolf was eventually released back into the wild.