demented
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Soprano Inna Dukach’s scenery-chewing Vanessa seemed demented from the start, oversinging the role in the small space.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
“Things were set up to portray him in the worst light possible … he’s been portrayed as a bigot. He’s been portrayed as doddering and demented, which couldn’t be further from the truth,” Posner said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Sam Neill stars in “Madness” as an insurance investigator who, sent to find a missing, bestselling horror author, ends up stumbling into the demented New England small town of the author’s books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
They screamed at night like demented roosters, for no reason anyone could ever make out.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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