become demented
Example Sentences
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"If you have amyloid in your brain, we don't know for certain that you will become demented, and we don't have anything we can do about it."
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2010
Domestic cattle and horses often eat this plant; where it is abundant, and become demented in consequence.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by Hornaday, William Temple
If attendants will watch their patients as they come out of acute mania or melancholia and become quiet, they will often notice that they gain in flesh and become demented.
From How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses by Granger, William D.
He supposed that Wiggins had become demented, and that he was in the presence of a maniac.
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George
A man of light mind who endeavoured to reconcile all the things suggested to him by the coming of Christmas would probably become demented if he bent his entire intellect to solve the puzzles.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James