dementedly

Example Sentences

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“Tractor,” in its dementedly literal-minded transposition of abandoned machinery into intense, aesthetic presence, is also marvelous.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

But Barrie Kosky’s dementedly bawdy staging of Offenbach’s “Orphée aux Enfers,” a satire on the Orpheus myth, produced enough laughter to fill a hundred Salzburg Festivals.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2019

More to his argument, boy bands are generally accepted as shining examples of unimpeachable good looks, charm, and harmless desire, all things that Americans have dementedly limited notions of.

From The Verge • Dec. 11, 2017

The thrill ride into which Wingard drags the unsuspecting viewer is too fast, too twisty, and too luridly, dementedly fun to worry about that.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2014

When I am home, Budgie wants to be out of his cage, a desire he makes known by squawking or, what is far worse, by pacing dementedly.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich