barmy

Example Sentences

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Out of character, Clarke went barmy at the break - and that's the last time we saw his team.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

In practice, it was, well, a bit barmy.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

He said the rules may "sound barmy" but added that the UK must protect the animals "or posterity will not forgive us".

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023

That doesn't mean if Pochettino's time at Chelsea is an unmitigated disaster they can't haul Lampard back for a third time to hold the fort, such is the barmy nature of professional football these days.

From BBC • May 15, 2023

“Nothing over there but bogland and barmy weather.”

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs