lunatic
Example Sentences
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He got back everything he’s wanted and then a lunatic billionaire is telling you that 100 miles away under the Denver Airport there’s this thing that sounds crazy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
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
“The lunatic part or the perfect English part?”
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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