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Example sentences for: taming

How can you use “taming” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Since Volcker was committed to taming inflation even at the cost of putting the economy into a recession just before the 1980 election, Carter was committing honorable suicide by picking him.
The ardent, pious wife, taming the young prince, guiding him to his glorious destiny.
The genre revived in 1995 with Clueless , which was based on Jane Austen's Emma . Cruel Intentions is the zillionth adaptation of the 18 th century French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses . She's All That is loosely based on Pretty Woman , which was loosely based on My Fair Lady , which was based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion . Arriving at multiplexes in the next few months will be O , a version of Othello set against a backdrop of high-school sports, and 10 Things I Hate About You , an adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew .
Instead of indulgence, 40-year-old fashion seems to need taming.
The Taming of the Barbarians