zany
Example Sentences
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But the frontrunner of this awards season has long been "One Battle," a zany thriller about a retired revolutionary looking for his teen daughter.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
O’Hara earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe win for her portrayal of an out-of-touch, overly dramatic former soap opera star known for wearing zany wigs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Our critic called the film “a zany, all-out crowd-pleaser.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Whitten stood on stage in a top hat and his hair in a zany afro — which was actually a weave installed by four Senegalese women for the price of $2,600, says Sykes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
Running in the mornings and reading in the afternoons gave him just enough stability to endure the zany nights at the McNabs’.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Vocabulary lists containing zany
100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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Maniac Magee
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