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

And then the harmless monomaniac would fall back into what we trust was an innocent slumber.

From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)