maniacal
Example Sentences
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We should only expect more maniacal threats as time goes on.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
If you’re reading this review of Gore Verbinski’s maniacal farce “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” in newsprint, congratulations on being a Luddite.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
O’Leary, who is maniacal about keeping costs down, didn’t want to add Starlink because of the fuel penalty.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
“It’s that discipline mentally, physically, that maniacal focus that makes you the best in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
Most of his shows were hilarious, others so dark that they sounded maniacal, and he had a studied laugh, not quite a cackle—more a pseudo chuckle—that made him sound deranged.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing maniacal
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