Sentence examples for it ran amok from inspiring English sources
Sometimes the plan works, but it ran amok in a chocolate cream polenta, which had weak flavor and texture like very coarse sand.
And no, he won't turn the boat around, not when we're en route to visit Dr. David L. Huxsoll, brand-new king of the island where hoof-and-mouth disease (it ran amok and wiped out an island herd in 1978) and African swine flu are just a few of the enemies in residence.
And, again, the surveillance potential of Big Data technology, if it runs amok, is scary.
Once hatred takes hold, it runs amok and nothing can result but tragedy.
But if it runs amok or is misguided, it can undermine the most-talented competitor.
It must instruct regulators to impose safeguards, like higher capital requirements and limits on borrowing, to curtail risk-taking before it runs amok.
"Our mission is to trace the tale of justice and see: where did it run amok?" Several of the show's reports have helped free the falsely accused.
The profit motive is intrinsic to American life, but we have seen how greed and stupidity can make it run amok.
Like a scientist in a lab, Mr. Crichton (who had been a medical doctor before turning to fiction) would introduce some worrisome new specter into his fictional universe and then watch it run amok.
Homer takes the leprechaun home, but it is extremely hyperactive and it runs amok.
