delirium
Example Sentences
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Those who’ve managed to come out of this new kind of tech-enabled delirium have learned how vital it is to stay in touch with the natural world and their natural instincts.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
She channels all of Nina’s prior faux delirium into a ferocious finale that raises the stakes tenfold.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ultimately kill him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
In pulling off this Houdiniesque act of escapology, Clarke's team produced the strange feat of stunning a stadium into delirium.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
For a long time she kept on smelling Pietro Crespi's lavender breath at dusk, but she had the strength not to succumb to delirium.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing delirium
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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