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
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
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)
"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
—Can one of your correspondents mention the name, and any other particulars, of the man who anticipated Herschel relative to the sun's motion; and was declared to be mad for entertaining such opinions?
