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
"Hush up!" he says, forgettin' to be mad for once and speakin' actually plaintive.
From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.
"Then I must be mad; for don't I see the light of day, and don't I hear the wind blowing, and the sea breaking on the shore?"
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules
Perhaps, when I have burned my bridges, I shall be mad for the very publicity I'm trying to escape.
From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold
She accompanied them with hands that seemed to be mad for joy—hands that threatened every moment to snap the chords of the instrument.
From Poor Miss Finch by Collins, Wilkie
