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a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman

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Recent Examples of madman But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025 For almost a decade now, the madman Chris Vannini has been re-ranking all of FBS each week, all season long. Jason Kirk, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025 An accident that’s been waiting to happen since 2003: the sound of Radiohead onstage, five madmen attacking the Hail to the Thief songbook. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025 Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war. Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for madman
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Noun
  • But this is no case study in the evils of devil-worshipping musicians.
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Put a cowboy twist on classic comfort food.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
  • His father performed cowboy songs in both English and Spanish to guests enjoying a hayride or picnic in the desert.
    Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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