lunatic

Example Sentences

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Mr. Gittlitz writes with the lunatic panache of a utopian manifesto or 2000s sports blog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That is a deliberate choice, says Tracy, because Teddy is not -- or at least not just -- a lunatic.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

That Tomás, who has already survived the Great Hunger as well as a cruel workhouse, isn’t already a lunatic is perhaps less fantastical than the plot itself at times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

I’m not an actor, I like working at night, and I’m not going to let you bully me into becoming a Type A lunatic.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

There was an unusual understanding of himself, which was unlike anything I had ever met with in a lunatic; and he took it for granted that his reasons would prevail with others entirely sane.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker