maniac

Walking and typing is dangerous, but walking and talking like a maniac into my own recorder is merely antisocial.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

I was expecting Rob Lowe to be some maniac.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2024

“And I’m not some crazed maniac set out to destroy this nation.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

But at night, during the annual festivals, he dances like a maniac and whips people with olive branches.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023

I bet he will, too, I thought, staring at a picture of a woman holding up a stick of French bread at the camera and grinning like a maniac.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

A breezy mix of history, profiles and memoir, the book seeks to answer a straightforward question: How did marathons evolve from a niche competition for maniacs to a cultural touchstone for the masses?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

When you see people driving like maniacs, it’s generally not folks in my age group on their way to bridge, or golf, or to pick up the grandkids from school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024

"And it caused a speedup, having these guys work like maniacs."

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023

“Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t,” the Russian opposition leader wrote on Twitter.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

Then it’s all raining down on us as we embrace one another and dance like maniacs.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman