be mad for
Example Sentences
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“I’ll be mad for the next 24 hours, and get back to work tomorrow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
Laura looked as if she wanted to be mad for a minute, but she was not.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Wheeler, Janet D.
She accompanied them with hands that seemed to be mad for joy—hands that threatened every moment to snap the chords of the instrument.
From Poor Miss Finch by Collins, Wilkie
—Can one of your correspondents mention the name, and any other particulars, of the man who anticipated Herschel relative to the sun's motion; and was declared to be mad for entertaining such opinions?
Perhaps, when I have burned my bridges, I shall be mad for the very publicity I'm trying to escape.
From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold
