zany
Example Sentences
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The song's hiccupy beat, and zany references to jam roly poly and custard left Europe bewildered.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
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
This has been such a great few years for retellings of the classics — from Barbara Kingsolver’s updated David Copperfield to Salman Rushdie’s zany Don Quixote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
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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