monomaniac
Example Sentences
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I was that bore, that monomaniac, that moralizer—an idealist.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019
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
You don’t think Burial when you hear it, but weird, monomaniac soul: D’Angelo’s “Voodoo,” Stevie Wonder’s “Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants,” Sly and the Family Stone’s “Fresh.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2011
Some hours later I saw the monomaniac stealthily creeping back among the rocks.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by A. H. Savage Landor
