madman

Example Sentences

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“I didn’t know which madman it was going to be.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bob Gale, must have been as much of a madman savant as Christopher Lloyd’s Doc Brown to compress so much plot into every frame.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

"Bibi acted like a madman," a White House official told the news website Axios.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

But heavy metal’s favorite madman leaves us with his reminder that “You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll.”

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

Now he couldn’t help but wonder who exactly was on the other side of his trades—what madman would be selling him so much insurance on bonds he had handpicked to explode?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis