be maddened

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You can dip into it anywhere and be maddened, confused or stirred.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2014

Ah! never had Sarah been so beautiful as at this moment, when she seemed to be maddened by grief; never had her whole personal beauty exhaled such powerful, such irresistible charms.

From The Clique of Gold by Gaboriau, Émile

And because the people loved him and would be maddened by his slaying, Pelias and the men of war left him living.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

The "Richmond Enquirer" and "Whig," the "Charleston Mercury," and other leading organs of secession, denounced the inaugural, and seemed to be maddened by the very kindliness of its tone and the moderation of its demands.

From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by Julian, George W.

I am not now mad, but the time will come when I must surely be maddened.

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett