delirious
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Center Jaxson Hayes waved his arms toward the delirious crowd.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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
Then she became delirious, became "really sensitive to light", and stopped making sense, she said.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Another became delirious with hunger, thirst and the cold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Intoxicated by the evidence of the miracle, he forgot at that moment about the frustration of his delirious undertakings and Melquíades' body, abandoned to the appetite of the squids.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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