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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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Fire crackling in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) dining room, framing his face like a devil.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Wooly devil grows near drought-tolerant plants, including ocotillo, hedgehog cactus and creosote.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Visit the historic downtown and museums about cowboys, the Osage Nation, and pioneer life.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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The characters fall neatly into shopworn archetypes — strong silent cowboy, too-slick businessman, bad boy with a heart of gold, etc. — and are easy to root for in the sense that none of them are interesting enough to be worth rooting against.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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