maniacally

Example Sentences

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For the rest of 2023, they “lived like monks,” resisting outside hires and focused maniacally on building a user-friendly tool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

But now and then, one of those demons sneaks into the outside world, plants a red flag and screams out maniacally, “Dwaaaagaahaha!”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

"Next to the vomiting, gurning, maniacally grinning Keaton, she can’t help but seem a little bland and strait-laced."

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

They’re all being pursued by a maniacally obsessive villain extravagantly overplayed by Tahar Rahim.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Butterflies by the thousands fluttered maniacally before the headlights then exploded like tiny half-angels on the windshield leaving a scant yellow paint and the dust of broken wings as a final signature.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy