the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers
her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end
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This is the premise of The Exit 8, a Japanese video game made by Kotake Create that, as the millions who played it will attest, turns a commuter’s endless circling into a thrilling, maddening first-person-shooter minus the shooting.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026 The science of color is also maddening for the same reason.—Kory Stamper, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2026 Across Exuvie, Büchi induces a state of temporary autophony, a condition in which internal body sounds like breathing and blinking are amplified to maddening volume.—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026 Rachel and Irvi found these reactions maddening.—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for madden