barmy

Example Sentences

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How barmy is it to fly thousands of people half-way around the world to sit in giant air-conditioned tents to argue about commas, and interpretations of convoluted words?

From BBC

A seafront palm tree sculpture has been given the go-ahead despite opposition to the "barmy" idea.

From BBC

And now, thanks to our barmy president and his staff meltdown, we are finding out fast who we are and who we don’t want to be.

From New York Times

At this point the travelling support began singing “Paul Lambert’s barmy army”, which will have cheered the watching Scot.

From The Guardian

“That he’s a child of the state, made by us. That he took their children in when nobody else would … But of course he’s cracked, all right … he’s barmy.”

From The Guardian