madcap

Example Sentences

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In a staggering contest of 13 tries and 90 points, Gregor Townsend's men were astonishing in every way until a madcap endgame that saw France run in a battery of tries.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Dubbed in different languages, the show captured children's hearts with its madcap battles.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Enemy fire has left him unable to consummate his love for Lady Brett Ashley, a former nurse who has turned herself over to a madcap Paris existence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Adapted from Donald E. Westlake’s 1997 novel, appropriately titled “The Ax,” Park’s film immediately acknowledges that the madcap journey viewers are about to see is cyclical, not special.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Color was splashed through the woods as if it had been thrown about by some madcap wastrel who spilled out, during the weeks of one brief autumn, beauty enough to last for years.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt