tameable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- untameable adjective
Vocabulary lists containing tameable
Example Sentences
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And he was saying, ‘Well, raccoons are tameable, but they’re still very wild.’
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2017
Pretending our instincts are entirely tameable and explicable reduces the scope of human experience.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2017
There are a dozen or so tameable creatures, ranging from small badgers and wolves to giant bears and saber tooth cats, and once tamed, they’ll stick by your side for as long as you want.
From The Verge • Feb. 25, 2016
This is a very savage animal, and not tameable.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
I did not find the American chipmunks, before alluded to, at all tameable.
From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth
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