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

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 Paget, Walter

"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.

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.

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