delirious
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The New York Times described Rollins as establishing “a genuine American rhetoric, delirious and ecstatic; audiences reoriented their imagination, and their sense of patience, around them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Some of the outfits seem to confer the power of flight, though that illusion is fostered by the delirious energy of human forms liberated from conformity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Joe stepped off the curb with a massive smile, and for a second I just stood there, jetlagged and slightly delirious.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
Gordon left the field to the sound of his name being chanted by those delirious Newcastle supporters in the away end.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
I must be delirious; he is speaking nonsense.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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