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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 Janet D. Wheeler

I am perfectly aware of that, and I feel that it would be mad for me to make an unsupported accusation against Sanders.

From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Walter Paget

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 Harold MacGrath

The people thought he must be mad; for whenever they approached him, he ran off howling into the bush.

From The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia by Archibald Webb




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