lunacy
Example Sentences
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The way O’Hara gilds this line’s delivery with a wistful sparkle feels true because we’ve seen her spin such treasure playing all kinds of would-be topliners with an amiable, delicious amount of lunacy.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
But to qualify for the genre itself—and satisfy the base demands of the base—a movie is required to both accelerate toward lunacy and entertain a certain amount of mayhem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
The company’s commedia dell’arte-style shenanigans have a natural elasticity but farcical lunacy snaps when stretched too far.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
“Sal, do you detect any signs of lunacy? There doesn’t ap-pear to be any place he could be hiding a gun. His jeans are really tight. Maybe he has a knife tucked into his socks.”
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
Vocabulary lists containing lunacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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And Then There Were None
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The Odyssey
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