lunatic
Example Sentences
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That is a deliberate choice, says Tracy, because Teddy is not -- or at least not just -- a lunatic.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
That Tomás, who has already survived the Great Hunger as well as a cruel workhouse, isn’t already a lunatic is perhaps less fantastical than the plot itself at times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Social media can efficiently make any lunatic theory an ineradicable and ever-evolving virus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
"I'm not a lunatic," Bellamy said after topping Wales' Nations League group last year.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
“That ole man lunatic, he’s so proud of our boat, and he’ll have to go all by himself all the way down a bunch of winding rivers.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.