maddening

Example Sentences

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“The timing is maddening because we have such an exciting road map ahead that the team is executing on, and I hate to miss even a minute of it,” Simo wrote in her note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It’s the most maddening thing,” he told Nguyen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Played when other nations have already started their preparation for the T20 World Cup, this trio of fixtures felt like another maddening quirk of a packed international schedule.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

It’s time to break the maddening cycle by getting back to basics, heading into the new year.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane