lunatic asylum
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Jackson played the lunatic asylum inmate who finds herself acting the role of Charlotte Corday, the assassin of the French revolutionary, Jean Marat.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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
If the men didn’t come from the lunatic asylum to take her away she’d bake till she fell to the floor.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
