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Bo sits up like he knows he’s being talked about: his black ears flopped forward, white chest half covered in mud as usual, and his tail wagging madly on the ground as always.

From Literature

The gnomes were running around madly with messages from soldiers to the king, only gnomes have a hard time with longer names and messages, so King Barf’s name always came out a little garbled.

From Literature

“We never stopped believing that somewhere out there, in some stranger’s backyard, our mother’s rosebush was blossoming madly, wildly, pressing one perfect red flower after another out into the late afternoon light.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But when I got to college and fell madly in love for the first time, I was primed for the Kate Bush version of “Wuthering Heights,” an avant-garde musical number, all shrieks and pleading.

From Los Angeles Times

Even so, Owen’s heart was still beating madly in his chest.

From Literature