lunatic

Example Sentences

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As Raftery writes, television and films had, at the time, generated the notion that serial killers were “unhinged lunatics,” but the agents discovered a different side.

From Los Angeles Times

That is a deliberate choice, says Tracy, because Teddy is not -- or at least not just -- a lunatic.

From Barron's

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

We might not be capable of atrocities, but in our dreams we’re all occasionally raving lunatics, giving vent to feelings we keep buried away in the light of day.

From Los Angeles Times

“A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” said Steven Cheung, White House communications director.

From The Wall Street Journal