loony

Example Sentences

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Things didn’t really get loony until the tournament began.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Each is rated on a scale of bees — one for sleepy, five for loony — in honor of the insects that tortured him in the 2006 remake of “The Wicker Man.”

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Connor, in the meantime, is suddenly out of sorts about the wedding cake, referring to it as a "loony cake."

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023

Q: Is there something you did that looking back now you say: That was so loony?

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023

The rest of the night was scenes from a loony movie.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli