mad

Example Sentences

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“And then she’d say, ‘Well, I was just mad at you, you know.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“I feel mad and upset that they have to relive this again,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

"We're caught between three mad powers, and war is terrifying," the 46-year-old dentist told AFP journalists outside Iran.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

And other times you'd be on fire and playing really well and he'd come in and go mad over one little thing, just to keep you on your toes.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

“That’s what it means. I looked up the word ‘hydrophobia’ in the dictionary and it said very plainly that anything going mad refuses to drink water.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls