monomaniac

Example Sentences

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I was that bore, that monomaniac, that moralizer—an idealist.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019

There’s something compellingly off about him; he’s a milk-drinking straight arrow with a monomaniac streak that runs him afoul of department politics.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

Despite his fervour, anchoritic existence and frequent depiction as one-part Don Quixote, one-part Antoni Gaudí and one-part monomaniac, Gallego is very aware of how he is seen in the town and beyond.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2017

Chris Christie, who could theoretically be president someday, is a monomaniac.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2015

My acquaintance with him induces me to believe him a monomaniac; he is a man of great loquacity and very unmeaning, ready at all times to dispute the ground of his doctrines with any one.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.