maddening

Example Sentences

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During testing, I ran into another maddening keyboard quirk, where I tapped the right letters but iOS spit out the wrong ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It was error-strewn and maddening at times but they kept at it.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Gates has assembled a stimulating, illuminating, maddening, saddening, but often inspiring, story of their relations with the world and one another.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

It’s time to break the maddening cycle by getting back to basics, heading into the new year.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

“My daughters tell me that all the time,” he said, with that maddening smile in his voice.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman