demented

Example Sentences

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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

While Disneyland’s original Haunted Mansion is the one after my heart, the overlay has its charms, namely the demented gingerbread house in the ballroom scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Sam Neill stars in “Madness” as an insurance investigator who, sent to find a missing, bestselling horror author, ends up stumbling into the demented New England small town of the author’s books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

“I just like to soak it in and regurgitate it in my own demented way,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Then it was running, tearing down the hillside with demented abandon.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss