a celebrity being stalked by a madman
as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
Recent Examples on the WebAt the time, this probably sounded like a cocky boast from a delusional madman.—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024 Who but a patriot or a madman would want to be president right now?—Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024 But unlike many thrillers where the ubiquitous madman is thwarted with just seconds to spare, Hayes shows us the other side of midnight in a way that throws the novel into another dimension and genre, or two.—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Baywatch's Donna D'Errico steps into the lead as Caroline, a direct descendant of Daniel Robitaille (a.k.a. Candyman) whose own mother met her death at the madman's hook.—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2023 The concept of ‘railway madmen’ emerged, with the belief that the motion and sounds of train travel could trigger madness in passengers.—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024 This madman is dangerous and has no business being near or in the Oval Office again.—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024 For a guy who lives to obliterate the cochlea, Thurston has also never been the madman many of his punk compatriots were.—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024 Years before, fellow villagers in his arid, windswept country in the north had called him a madman for implementing a simple improvement to an age-old water-conservation technique.—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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