crackpot

Example Sentences

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Fabled Southern heritage has devolved into crackpot eccentricity, but that only deepens Louise’s adoration for the holdouts who honor it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

He contends that the former president’s phone calls with members of the same gang — whom Pence called a “gaggle of crackpot lawyers” — are similarly fair game.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

In the aftermath of his unconventional voyage, Larry Walters assured the American public he wasn't actually a crackpot who had risked life and limb with a hare-brained scheme that was dreamed up on a whim.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

How can someone be both a steel-witted lawyer and a crackpot?

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2023

That little crackpot sure has a knack for things like that.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller