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Recent Examples of madman
Suppose tomorrow that madman in North Korea decides to strike the United States?
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Hollywood or Bust was directed by ’50s madman Frank Tashlin, whose comedies were like ebullient clashing plaids.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
To most of us, the words and actions of geniuses are often indistinguishable from those of madmen.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Hollywood or Bust was directed by ’50s madman Frank Tashlin, whose comedies were like ebullient clashing plaids.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
To most of us, the words and actions of geniuses are often indistinguishable from those of madmen.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madman
Noun
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Precious few bands can fill a stadium 52 years into their career — let alone play to an audience heavily populated by parents and their children, both generations sporting red devil horn headbands and cheering for 77-year-old singer Brian Johnson and white-haired guitar icon Angus Young, 70.—
Katherine Turman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Fire crackling in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) dining room, framing his face like a devil.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Western Wear Designer Dymond Taylor Dating a cowboy opened her eyes to an opportunity in Houston.—
Tariro Mzezewa,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Expect food vendors, family-friendly activities and special tributes to the cowboys who came before.—
Jasmine Desiree,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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