as in bedlam
a place of uproar or confusion
our house is always a madhouse on school mornings, with five kids and two dogs running around
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Recent Examples of madhouse
But things move fast in the Goodison madhouse.
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Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The show biz bona fides firmly located modern experience within the dizzying hall of mirrors that is the mass-media madhouse.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
Michigan football on Saturday beat Ohio State, 45-23 in Columbus for the first time since 2000 and Twitter, understandably, was a madhouse.
—Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2022
The crowd kept up the energy for 60 minutes, turning the 87,451-seat stadium into a madhouse.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022
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Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The show biz bona fides firmly located modern experience within the dizzying hall of mirrors that is the mass-media madhouse.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
Michigan football on Saturday beat Ohio State, 45-23 in Columbus for the first time since 2000 and Twitter, understandably, was a madhouse.
—Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2022
The crowd kept up the energy for 60 minutes, turning the 87,451-seat stadium into a madhouse.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for madhouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for madhouse
Noun
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Just as much bedlam erupted here at Weird and Wild World HQ.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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Their journey to the Comiskey concert was typical of the bedlam that accompanied their performances.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Annese watched Chambliss’ two circus plays against Georgia – a last-second shovel pass while being pursued by two defenders and a mad dash scramble and first-down throw – and laughed.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Another loose adaptation of a Krasznahorkai novel, the film depicts the strange arrival of a circus in a small town in Hungary.—
Alina Edwards,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Madhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madhouse. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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