be mad for
Example Sentences
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“I’ll be mad for the next 24 hours, and get back to work tomorrow.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2019
When I found my senses again I thought that I must be mad, for there before me stood a woman dressed in my garments, whose face seemed like my face, yet not the same.
From The Brethren by Haggard, Henry Rider
Laura looked as if she wanted to be mad for a minute, but she was not.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Wheeler, Janet D.
—Can one of your correspondents mention the name, and any other particulars, of the man who anticipated Herschel relative to the sun's motion; and was declared to be mad for entertaining such opinions?
Perhaps, when I have burned my bridges, I shall be mad for the very publicity I'm trying to escape.
From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold
