madden

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

That mechanical animal is a peculiarly apt metaphor for their way of life: it endlessly repeats itself until, like all mechanized fantasies, it must madden anyone caught in its thrall.

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

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

Bungling Inspector Clouseau once again seeks the Pink Panther diamond and maddens his boss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

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

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

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

It maddened him to think that he did not have a wider choice of action.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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

This is all the more maddening in Milwaukee because, in 2008, the Brewers tried their best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

“My daughters tell me that all the time,” he said, with that maddening smile in his voice.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman