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Recent Examples of lunacy As the protagonist consumed by an obsessive need to clean, Jan Hooks evokes Tennessee Williams heroine lunacy. The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 The cast try their best to keep up with such lunacy. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025 The sheer quantity of extremist marketing lunacy churned out by Old State Saloon in Eagle is astonishing. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025 His endeavor might sound like lunacy to most people — a country, on a barge, in international waters, with guns? Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunacy
Noun
  • Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan ruled last week that Elkins did kill her children, but was not guilty by reason of insanity, the Ashbury Park Press reported.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The court ruled that although Elkins did kill her children, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity, the outlet and NBC10 Philadelphia reported.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sounding the Alarm for Elder Justice The population of older adults is rapidly growing, and one in 10 experience abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation—a risk that is even higher for those living with dementia.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Of that subgroup, 5% were diagnosed with dementia within five years, while 19% were diagnosed with the condition within 10 years.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • From the foothills of the Berkshires arises a venerable strain of American madness, the poetry of hokum—the old weird America of medicine shows and travelling circuses and carnivals.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The chaos has Americans and the world wondering whether there’s a method behind the apparent madness.
    Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For much of the call, Mills leaned hard on federal deficit hysteria to justify spending cuts for essential public services his constituents rely on.
    Letters to the editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But here, Clooney has recast himself as journalistic hero Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1950s defied U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his efforts to stoke anti-communist hysteria through the media.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Within the film’s glittering absurdity, Langlois shows us how easily the monster that was fame and fandom could turn on women like Mimi and Billie.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Based in Brooklyn, the studio will focus on stories that go inside the fringe to capture the absurdity of modern American life.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The simplicity of his resting place follows the express request made by Francis in his will.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Asawa’s own words posted throughout the exhibit reflect the simplicity of her genius.
    Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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