lunatic

Example Sentences

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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 Macfadyen performance is not of a raving lunatic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies,” Mangione wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

I don't know whether he was just trying to be facetious or if he actually worried that I walked around campus acting like a raving lunatic.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi