: affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania
had a manic personality
his manic work pace
manic
noun
Examples of manic in a Sentence
a manic sense of humor
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His politics oscillate between knuckle-dragging conservatism and manic accelerationism.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Or, at best, as a manic fantasy that clearly has nothing to do with the beloved and everything to do with the singer treating them like a rag doused in ether.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Then the dream warped into a nightmare, as some wretched souls began to freeze mid-step or drown in slush, while manic revelries raged all around them.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The latter phase was possibly a once-in-a-lifetime manic melt-up, but things can rhyme without precisely repeating.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 June 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Or, at best, as a manic fantasy that clearly has nothing to do with the beloved and everything to do with the singer treating them like a rag doused in ether.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Then the dream warped into a nightmare, as some wretched souls began to freeze mid-step or drown in slush, while manic revelries raged all around them.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The latter phase was possibly a once-in-a-lifetime manic melt-up, but things can rhyme without precisely repeating.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for manic
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“Manic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manic. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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