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
Well, he must weep, or he will be mad for ever.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir
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
"Well, I am obliged to you for not turning the laugh on me when you had the chance to, and I ought to be mad for your getting out in the way you did."
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.
This was started by a man who travelled for Mr. Dakin, the grocer, and I remember he was thought to be mad for opening such a shop in so outlandish a place.
From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Edwards, Eliezer
