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madden

[mad-n] / ˈmæd n /


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Written and directed by the Australian actor Frances O’Connor, making a vibrant feature filmmaking debut, it will surely madden sticklers for accuracy, which is all to the good.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2023

Not the least of Michael’s gifts is the ability to madden other minds.

From The New Yorker Oct. 12, 2018

The glacier-paced interactions of the actors here may initially madden you; by the end, the sense of the oppressive weight that controls their motions breaks your heart.

From New York Times May 22, 2016

Hunger, thirst and the Caribbean sun began to madden and kill them.

From Time Magazine Archive

They must have been things meant not to quiet it but to madden it.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

As warmer spotlights go, “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” may never fully expunge what maddens and mystifies about the untimely end of troubled souls.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

So they're lashing out at the idea of competence that maddens them.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2025

Francis has a tendency for making off-the-cuff public remarks, a trait that maddens both supporters and critics alike.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2020

Nothing is ever certain with Klinsmann, whose unpredictability maddens U.S. supporters and catches his own players off guard.

From Washington Post May 28, 2016

He despairs of us, all of us, including the model, whose surreptitious gum chewing maddens him.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

De Gaulle maddened his British hosts, and particularly Churchill, with his ceaseless complaints and ingratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

Gertrude never quite comes into focus, but the pathos of Ophelia, maddened by grief, is enhanced by the simple yet forceful way Izzard helplessly pounds her chest.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

Local officials around the state say they have been similarly maddened.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2021

I just sat there and looked on, maddened and disheartened.

From Washington Post May 21, 2018

It was almost impossible to listen to him without being first convinced and then maddened.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Ford told reporters on Monday that the neighbourly squabbles can be maddening.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

If you’re an NFL or NBA fan and you’re worried the game isn’t going to be interrupted by a maddening, extended instant replay review, don’t worry: The World Cup has your ire covered.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

If there was one maddening certainty about the World Cup over the past half century, it was that Germany never, under any circumstance, lost a penalty shootout.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Few films capture the hum of life in all its maddening beauty quite like this one.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

It was like a maddening itch inside his skull that wouldn’t go away.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner




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