become deranged
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In truth, Mrs. Arlington had become deranged, as it were, on one point.
From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.
Three years afterwards, a wan, wasted, spectral-looking figure might be seen wandering about in the vicinity of Hjerting; it was the unfortunate Ebbe, who had become deranged.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
He learned that the machinery in the point lighthouse had become deranged, so that the wrong signal was shown.
From The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils by Webster, Frank V.
It became known, shortly after the date of this letter, that the mind of Mrs. Beattie had become deranged.'
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman
Phillotson, alarmed, went towards it, wondering if she had suddenly become deranged.
From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas