demented

Example Sentences

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In the wake of what were disgusting, inhumane, demented atrocities committed by Hamas against the Israelis, people need some time to regain their bearings.

From Salon

She has made herself one of the most famous House Republicans by sheer bellicosity, but she keeps getting outshone by the even more demented congresswoman from Georgia, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

From Salon

In their eyes, the liberal quest to conjure political order out of pluralism was quixotic at best and dangerously demented at worst.

From Salon

“People can be mentally ill and malingering; they can be demented and exaggerate,” says Rory Houghtalen, a forensic psychiatrist who consults on criminal legal cases in New York State.

From Scientific American

“She is a sick & demented psycho who will someday live in HELL!”

From New York Times