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madden

[mad-n] / ˈmæd n /


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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

They find little to suppress, but cause long delays that madden newswriters in hours of crisis.

From Time Magazine Archive

They must have been things meant not to quiet it but to madden it.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

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

It maddens me that Carlyle refuses to commit to any sort of opinion.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

De Gaulle maddened his British hosts, and particularly Churchill, with his ceaseless complaints and ingratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

Except Paul isn’t magic; she waves her red flags high and proud, and the good folks at ABC, Hulu and Disney charged at them with the oblivious desperation of so many trapped, maddened bulls.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2026

Local officials around the state say they have been similarly maddened.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2021

Still, we will almost certainly continue to be fascinated, perplexed and maddened by the “authorship” question, what Stuart Kells grandiosely calls, in the subtitle to “Shakespeare’s Library,” the “greatest mystery in literature.”

From Washington Post May 22, 2019

Her betrayal so maddened them, they saw to it that she would suffer forever, even after death.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Ford told reporters on Monday that the neighbourly squabbles can be maddening.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Few films capture the hum of life in all its maddening beauty quite like this one.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

And in 2024, Rose acquired Karl-Anthony Towns, a center known for a sweet shooting stroke and a maddening foul habit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

He turned away, shutting his eyes, but that was even worse, for now he had only the sounds, the tiny maddening, indefatigable, distinct clicks and rustles of hands and weightless parts.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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