derangement
Example Sentences
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Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, the tale of silent film star Norma Desmond’s descent into murderous derangement as her Hollywood comeback stays out of frame, is the other.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Moore’s style was middle-class, whereas Squeaky Fromme was a genuine cultist. Moore represented the individual derangement of the period and Squeaky the social derangement,” said Starr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
The chair of the judges, Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson, said the work was "bold" and "engaging" with a sense of "delirious derangement".
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
"With Miss Havisham, it's quite interesting to have that at least as 5% of the character: ' I know what I'm doing. I know what this is.' It's not derangement, it's not insanity."
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
As I spoke I tried to read the faces of the officers and others in the room, scanning them for sympathy or anger or derangement.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
