Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for non compos mentis
Adjective
  • Norman Mailer achieved a similar thing in his non-fiction novel about Gary Gilmore The Executioner’s Song—although, by the time the book was published in 1979, the seedy, psychotic world of Gilmore and his two girlfriends, Nicole and April Baker, hardly came as a revelation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Since its introduction in 2022, only people with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders have had access to the program.
    CalMatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Fox News mad that there are so many old white people in America.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The woman was going to drive him mad.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The sanity phase of his trial began Thursday to determine whether Nicholson was legally insane at the time of the murders.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This lockdown is insane & disturbing with what happened during our investigation.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His attorneys asserted that the incident was a tragic misunderstanding, fueled by his poor mental state, and that Emerson never intended to harm anyone on board.
    Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Bence is an occupational therapist with a range of work experience in mental healthcare settings.
    Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Huet succeeds in humanizing Daedone, who had an abusive father and a punishing childhood, and whose motivations come to seem understandable, if maniacal.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Veneziale then takes part in the action, dressing up as a maniacal clown.
    Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These guys, uh, and girls are nuts.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Spread nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • People were making all these crazy comments.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers are only a few wins away from winning back-to-back titles despite the crazy year the team has had.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The key figure turns out to be Alex’s mysterious Aunt Gladys, played in full psycho-biddy drag by Amy Madigan.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Non compos mentis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/non%20compos%20mentis. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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