crackpot

Example Sentences

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Fabled Southern heritage has devolved into crackpot eccentricity, but that only deepens Louise’s adoration for the holdouts who honor it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In the aftermath of his unconventional voyage, Larry Walters assured the American public he wasn't actually a crackpot who had risked life and limb with a hare-brained scheme that was dreamed up on a whim.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

Laughter over the happy, crackpot resolution is accompanied by a shower of tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

"You can't attach Rudy Giuliani to Sidney Powell's crackpot idea."

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023

Godwin was a bishop and a crackpot; he seems to have believed that he had invented the radio.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton