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
This isn’t simply an American derangement, although the more people Jess meets through Felix, the more she realizes how little forces like her are appreciated.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025
In the 15th century, the befuddled derangement of the English King Henry VI — possibly a hereditary schizophrenia — helped to light the fuse of the Wars of the Roses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 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
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
