run wild
Example Sentences
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The fortified vault in Kentucky is closed to the public, allowing imaginations to run wild with conspiracies and myths: that the gold is gone or fake, or the vault contains alien objects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The plants spread out and run wild with large green leaves and magnificent five-pointed, edible, yellow blossoms.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025
During the design phase, you have to let your imagination run wild, says Mr Sinclair-Harris.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
It’s like a metaphor for its own creation: Letting one’s imagination run wild is at once the point of the show and the thing that produced it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
But instead, it seemed to have only encouraged her to run wild.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
