1 And if Peter tried to put him to bed, he might get unruly.
2 Elzbieta was sick a good deal now, and the boys were wild and unruly, and very much the worse for their life upon the streets.
3 Boisterous, unruly, and tyrannical, he despised all her counsel, and would none of her reproof; and, at an early age, broke from her, to seek his fortunes at sea.
4 Let swains and nymphs lead on the play, while Zephyr sleeps, and the unruly tribes of Heaven confess my sway.
5 When a boy was rough and unruly there was nothing would do him any good but a good sound whipping.
6 He gathered together the unruly race scattered on the mountain heights, and gave them statutes, and chose Latium to be their name, since in these borders he had found a safe hiding-place.
7 The inference from all which is, that there is no surer or more necessary restraint on the violence of an unruly multitude, than the presence of some one whose character and bearing command respect.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIV. 8 A spirit of unruliness diffused itself among us and, under its influence, differences of culture and constitution were waived.