madden

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

There are so many music docs particularly about women that are told through this tragic heroine lens, but I wanted to create something that maddens people and makes them angry but also is galvanizing.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2022

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

It maddens me that Carlyle refuses to commit to any sort of opinion.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

When Bailey and I read poems together, he sounded like a fierce Basil Rathbone and I like a maddened Bette Davis.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

The kid has discovered a maddening form of power: forcing an entire room to participate in a distinction nobody else needed.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Smith's Test batting average has dipped below 40 and he needs to avoid developing a habit for maddening modes of dismissal.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

They also understand that the difficult task of trying to get a ball to stay on a British Open green becomes even more maddening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

For a spy catcher like Lamphere, it was maddening.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin