batty

Example Sentences

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The story “After the Haiku Period,” about batty twin sisters who lay siege to a slaughterhouse, reprises the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“A Working Man” opens with a batty pastiche of bullets and buzz saws, parachutes and cranes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

The invented exploits of the Harfoots and their star-man guest may drive purists batty.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

But here, here in the great Austin, this was batty stuff.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2021

One hour of answering questions about batty old wizards who’d invented self- stirring cauldrons and they’d be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling