monomaniacal

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He pursued these goals with monomaniacal intensity: “Anything outside of that was a distraction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Even his grief is smothered by his monomaniacal need for closure: “This is not about revenge,” he will tell Kadafi, pinning a campaign button on his lapel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

Ahab’s crew, Ishmael says, “seemed to be picked and packed specifically by some infernal fatality to help him to his monomaniacal revenge.”

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

From the legend of King Midas to the story of the magic porridge pot that would not stop, children for centuries have absorbed the lesson that monomaniacal wishes are best left unfulfilled.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

The air was balmy and serene, and his own monomaniacal hallucinations were dissipated, partly worn out by their own violence and partly dispelled by many hours of uninterrupted repose.

From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)