Amok is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like amuck or berserk. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Amok meaning
- Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
- In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Using Amok
- The main meaning on this page is: Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous. | In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
- Useful related words include: amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal.
- In the example corpus, amok often appears in combinations such as: run amok, running amok, ran amok.
Context around Amok
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Amok
- In this selection, "amok" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, run, running, ran, despite, throughout and towards stand out and add context to how "amok" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ran amok throughout the and and ran amok towards the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "amok" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with amok
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mom spent her childhood in Uravan, Colorado, running amok. (9 words)
A court that would validate election theft is a court run amok. (12 words)
What's more terrifying than an invincible homicidal clown running amok on Halloween? (13 words)
With Tears of the Kingdom dropping soon, it’s only a matter of time before ambi’s running amok in the new game, blowing everyone’s minds with insane new trick shots and stunts that could only ever take place in the wild world of Hyrule. (46 words)
According to the police, the tractor on its way to the mandal headquarters suddenly jumped the road and ran amok towards the shop, mowing down an elderly man, and knocking down two others, who were waiting at the spot after ordering tea. (42 words)
Meanwhile, back in the 1950s, a younger Shaw (Wyatt Russell) is helping scientists Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) and Billy (Anders Holm) study the giant monsters before they’re either discovered and destroyed or they run amok and eat some unfortunate extras. (40 words)
What's more terrifying than an invincible homicidal clown running amok on Halloween? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Officially classified as a psychiatric condition In 1849, amok was officially classified as a psychiatric condition based on numerous reports and case studies that showed the majority of individuals who committed amok were, in some sense, mentally ill.
A video link fail in a crown court hearing has revealed the embarrassing consequences of letting rats run amok in prison.
For a lot of us, this is a time of year when conflicting feelings run amok.
Like so many in Sadiq Khan’s London, which this week saw a machete-wielding thug running amok at Notting Hill Carnival, Assheton has had enough.
Meanwhile, back in the 1950s, a younger Shaw (Wyatt Russell) is helping scientists Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) and Billy (Anders Holm) study the giant monsters before they’re either discovered and destroyed or they run amok and eat some unfortunate extras.
Several can knock thousands off of people’s house prices if allowed to run amok, with many having the potential to grow dozens of feet out of control.
Society quickly comes tumbling down as millions of these zombies run amok, despite the government and the military’s best efforts.
They just tend to get more complex and difficult, like when technology runs amok, and anime loves its technology.
With Tears of the Kingdom dropping soon, it’s only a matter of time before ambi’s running amok in the new game, blowing everyone’s minds with insane new trick shots and stunts that could only ever take place in the wild world of Hyrule.
A teenager who brandished a Samurai sword as armed men ran amok in the street led police to crack a drugs supply chain.
Fans online took the opportunity to run amok with the clip, bringing to light once again that Rylan's real name is also Ross.
He bagged Ronald Koeman's side's equaliser and ran amok throughout the encounter.
I, for one, look forward to seeing another member of Patrick Mahomes’ family running amok on the football field.
Mom spent her childhood in Uravan, Colorado, running amok.
The maze actually runs through a laboratory, where apes operate on humans, visitors duck through hallways of hanging body bags, and zombies run amok.
What's more terrifying than an invincible homicidal clown running amok on Halloween?
When building your PC, one of the most time consuming tasks is making the cables neat and tidy, rather than having a rat's nest of wires run amok in your rig.
According to the police, the tractor on its way to the mandal headquarters suddenly jumped the road and ran amok towards the shop, mowing down an elderly man, and knocking down two others, who were waiting at the spot after ordering tea.
A court that would validate election theft is a court run amok.
But they likely maintain order in the gut and ensure that no single species runs amok.
Common combinations with amok
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- run amok 26×
- running amok 10×
- ran amok 10×
- amok in 5×
- amok time 5×
- amok is 4×
- amok with 3×
- amok on 3×
- in amok 2×
- amok and 2×