lunatic asylum
Example Sentences
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People think oh, lunatic asylum, bad place, but people seek asylum.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2023
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
