- present participle of madden.
maddening
Example Sentences
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A new documentary is reviving the stirring if maddening voyage of the “Mighty Mary,” a groundbreaking America’s Cup crew undermined by one of the most baffling backroom deals in sports history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He’s said that Cobra and Chico’s business “suffered an immediate loss,” a maddening new blow after the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Zwick: The book has a bunch of cool stories that are fun to read, inspiring in a lot of cases, and sometimes maddening.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The kid has discovered a maddening form of power: forcing an entire room to participate in a distinction nobody else needed.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
And then a voice that sounded like her mother’s—her own mother, her real, wonderful, maddening, infuriating, glorious mother—just said, “Well done, Coraline,” and that was enough.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
