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a celebrity being stalked by a madman
as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
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My Lover, the Rabbi unfolds in short chapters, with a rhapsodic, repetitive voice that echoes the work of the 20th-century Austrian madman Thomas Bernhard.
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Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
My high school basketball coach was, depending on the day, either a motivational genius or a certified madman.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Maekar refuses, earning a cutting rebuttal from Dunk about the royal upbringing that turned Daeron (Henry Ashton) into a drunken coward and Aerion into an arrogant and cruel madman.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
My high school basketball coach was, depending on the day, either a motivational genius or a certified madman.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Maekar refuses, earning a cutting rebuttal from Dunk about the royal upbringing that turned Daeron (Henry Ashton) into a drunken coward and Aerion into an arrogant and cruel madman.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for madman
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madman. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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madman
noun
mad·man
ˈmad-ˌman 
-mən
: a man who is or who acts as if mentally unsound
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