madwoman
Example Sentences
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‘Mommie Dearest’ Mimosa Mother’s Day’ Faye Dunaway plays screen legend Joan Crawford as a wire hanger-wielding madwoman in this campy 1981 bio-drama based on the scandalous tell-all by Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022
"My sister, my hilarious, charming, perfect sister: now other. The irate madwoman on the train," Leddy says.
From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022
In “Jane Eyre,” the heroine enters a home with a madwoman whose husband has locked her in the attic; Rose is soon troubled by other malevolent forces.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021
Bertha is not a madwoman, she is an angry woman who we, her readers, have been calling psycho for years.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2021
Too soon a grieving one, wearing rags like a madwoman.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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