monomaniacal

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The drawings emphasize the allegorical side of Ahab’s monomaniacal hunt, fixing the characters in expressive, statuesque postures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The same can be said of Pabst himself, whose monomaniacal devotion to his art inclines him to ugly compromises.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Cielo, played by Ramírez with devastating composure, proceeds from panic to terror to monomaniacal determination.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Coon plays Bertha Russell, a relentless and monomaniacal social climber who, a century later, could have been an especially coldblooded CEO of a Fortune 500 firm.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2022

And he was no madman, no victim of a monomaniacal obsession.

From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert