madhouse

Example Sentences

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The team was undecided on how well Mellencamp’s biggest hits—sepia-tinted odes to small-town America—fit today’s college football madhouse cathedrals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Tim O’Reilly, a media writer in Chicago, says that if he didn’t come to a streaming service with a title already in mind, the search would be a madhouse.

From Salon • May 22, 2025

Mr Acciardo described the scene as a "madhouse" when first responders arrived.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

The crowds stayed on the trails and were moderately courteous with their headlamps and flashlights, but Saturday night was a madhouse.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

It awakened me, for the screech of the iced limbs rubbing each other and the snapping of the ice were like the sounds from a madhouse.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George