madden
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Written and directed by the Australian actor Frances O’Connor, making a vibrant feature filmmaking debut, it will surely madden sticklers for accuracy, which is all to the good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Not the least of Michael’s gifts is the ability to madden other minds.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2018
The glacier-paced interactions of the actors here may initially madden you; by the end, the sense of the oppressive weight that controls their motions breaks your heart.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2016
It may madden the staff when David directs a segment, because he throws the rules out.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They must have been things meant not to quiet it but to madden it.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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As warmer spotlights go, “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” may never fully expunge what maddens and mystifies about the untimely end of troubled souls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
They're lashing out at the idea of competence that maddens them.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025
Francis has a tendency for making off-the-cuff public remarks, a trait that maddens both supporters and critics alike.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
Nothing is ever certain with Klinsmann, whose unpredictability maddens U.S. supporters and catches his own players off guard.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2016
He despairs of us, all of us, including the model, whose surreptitious gum chewing maddens him.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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De Gaulle maddened his British hosts, and particularly Churchill, with his ceaseless complaints and ingratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Gertrude never quite comes into focus, but the pathos of Ophelia, maddened by grief, is enhanced by the simple yet forceful way Izzard helplessly pounds her chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
Local officials around the state say they have been similarly maddened.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
The pope’s penchant for speaking in an off-the-cuff manner has maddened not only supporters and critics, but also his staff in the Roman bureaucracy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
In the suffocating cabin, maddened by the vibration of the metal plates and the unbearable stench of the mud stirred up by the paddle wheel, Meme lost track of the days.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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This is the maddening bargain at the center of so much professional advice: show personality, but not too much.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
He’s said that Cobra and Chico’s business “suffered an immediate loss,” a maddening new blow after the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Zwick: The book has a bunch of cool stories that are fun to read, inspiring in a lot of cases, and sometimes maddening.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Smith's Test batting average has dipped below 40 and he needs to avoid developing a habit for maddening modes of dismissal.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
She said nothing for a moment, while she rearranged her garments, recovering herself a little; then once again that maddening, insulting half-smile curved her lips.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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