demented

Example Sentences

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It’s positively demented, but it’s not insanity for insanity’s sake.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Doug feverishly bangs out a script and Griff, who plans to star in the remake, calls it “a masterpiece,” though the demented glint in Mr. Black’s eyes assures us it’s anything but.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

It is, at times, delightfully demented, a family film with a weird streak — perhaps at times even a slightly sinister one.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

There was a bluebottle buzzing around, and for a minute we had a laugh playing “blue bottle tennis,” throwing our hands about to make the demented creature go from one to the other of us.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro