manic-depressive
Example Sentences
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“This causes people to be distracted by the manic-depressive nature of the stock instead of creating great products.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
I know only that my mother, while still in fourth grade, watched Tomoyo go through a manic-depressive episode.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023
Violaine was 10 at the time of that crash; her mother, subsequently hospitalized and diagnosed as manic-depressive, was 42.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021
Each of the manic-depressive genes discovered only increases the risk of illness by a tiny amount.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2021
Well, when it first started they said she was a manic-depressive.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
