madness

Example Sentences

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The line between sanity and madness becomes blurred to invisibility in the musical “Girl, Interrupted” at the Public Theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The tension between the human need for both love and self-determination powers both art and madness, but never was it so tangibly brought to life than by Marilyn Monroe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

There might be some method in that madness.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Witnessing a friend of a friend’s cousin credit a famous woman for her maternal nature, side by side with the person who literally gave birth to them, is a unique reality of our modern madness.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

I hurried down the street to the bookseller one wintry afternoon, bought a whole new set of ledgers, and started in to impose method on madness.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom