maddening

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Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The result was several years in the lowest levels of the minor leagues filled with maddening inconsistency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

It was the most maddening part of March.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“It’s the most maddening thing,” he told Nguyen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Of this he told his wife, and told how later he heard the choir of maddening Seirenes, coasted the Wandering Rocks, Kharybdis’ pool and the fiend Skylla who takes toll of men.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer