lunatic asylum
Example Sentences
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"People look at you like you belong in a lunatic asylum when you speak about your mental health."
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2021
Like so many historic geniuses, he went uncelebrated in his own time, dying in disgrace as the inmate of a lunatic asylum.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2021
He is also, as the first sentence of “The Tin Drum” tells us, an inmate in a lunatic asylum.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2019
The way things are going, life in a lunatic asylum might seem like a tempting upgrade if it weren’t for the prospect of open-ended stay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
It’s a shame to move when we’re so near Leamy’s National School but if she doesn’t move soon she’ll go out of her mind and wind up in the lunatic asylum.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
