mental case
Example Sentences
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The sorry business with Jimmy and Chuck: the latter has no case because Jimmy could always say that he was humoring Chuck, who was certifiably a mental case at the time.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has described him as "a mental case" and "a lunatic."
From Time Magazine Archive
But no doubt a peculiar loneliness descends upon the autocrat condemned to live out his days in one of the upstairs rooms, like a mental case in the family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said one top police official: "This looks like completely a mental case, and if that's what finally comes out, that should wrap it up."
From Time Magazine Archive
Especially so because they think they are physically ill, they did not come to me to be defined as a "mental" case and tend to reject such approaches.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
