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
Each of the manic-depressive genes discovered only increases the risk of illness by a tiny amount.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2021
Iris, stately in her silk trousers and Nehru jacket, introducing herself in the group meetings as “a manic-depressive of 27 years’ standing.”
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2021
Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
