maniac
Example Sentences
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Walking and typing is dangerous, but walking and talking like a maniac into my own recorder is merely antisocial.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
I’m more aficionado than maniac, but I find them endlessly listenable, rewatchable — they just look great, for one thing — and interesting.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
“And I’m not some crazed maniac set out to destroy this nation.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023
"He's a maniac, but to me he was absolutely believable," Arkin once said of the character.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023
He opened his green eyes wider and gave us his maniac look, and only the smirk on his wide mouth with its droll, slightly protruding upper lip reassured us that he wasn’t completely goofy.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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It's Madness!: Mania
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