be mad for

Example Sentences

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“I’ll be mad for the next 24 hours, and get back to work tomorrow.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2019

When I found my senses again I thought that I must be mad, for there before me stood a woman dressed in my garments, whose face seemed like my face, yet not the same.

From The Brethren by Haggard, Henry Rider

I believe the Fellow to be mad, for my part.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

"Then truly I must be mad, for do I not see the light of day? do I not hear the whistling of the wind? and can I not distinguish the wash of a great sea?"

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

I think she must be mad, for she said she was going to talk to the Governor and she asked me where he lived.”

From A Vendetta of the Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)