monomaniac

Example Sentences

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I was that bore, that monomaniac, that moralizer—an idealist.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019

There’s something compellingly off about him; he’s a milk-drinking straight arrow with a monomaniac streak that runs him afoul of department politics.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

Despite his fervour, anchoritic existence and frequent depiction as one-part Don Quixote, one-part Antoni Gaudí and one-part monomaniac, Gallego is very aware of how he is seen in the town and beyond.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2017

Chris Christie, who could theoretically be president someday, is a monomaniac.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2015

The jealous delusions of a monomaniac could scarcely have transformed Mr. Smith into a Cassio.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)