deranged person
Example Sentences
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Who except a deranged person would concoct a story about being in a scary helicopter emergency landing with a guy who wasn’t even there?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
There were all kinds and colors of bags in various states of weathering, so it couldn’t have been the prank of one deranged person.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2021
It will take many years, if ever, before Rancho Tehama residents feel safe in their community again, all because of an obviously deranged person.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2017
Rather than send an email, I walked into my bathroom and started hacking away at my hair with a pair of nail scissors, like a deranged person in a bad horror film.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2014
The Indians adopted this word from the name of a deranged person, Archibald Pelton, or perhaps Felton, whom Mr. Wilson P. Hunt found on his journey to Astoria, and carried there with him.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George
