addled

Example Sentences

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Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“That location is Salieri’s increasingly addled brain and what happens within that brain strikes me as eminently contemporary.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

No mastermind, Musk is more Scaramucci 2.0—an addled and overcaffeinated whirlwind that we all hoped would be one more chapter to which we could say: “Whoa, that was wild. Next.”

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

But, like every addled maniac, his hatred lacks focus.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

My head is addled ’bout Biddy and Lizabeth.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles