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madden

[mad-n] / ˈmæd n /


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Written and directed by the Australian actor Frances O’Connor, making a vibrant feature filmmaking debut, it will surely madden sticklers for accuracy, which is all to the good.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2023

Not the least of Michael’s gifts is the ability to madden other minds.

From The New Yorker Oct. 12, 2018

The glacier-paced interactions of the actors here may initially madden you; by the end, the sense of the oppressive weight that controls their motions breaks your heart.

From New York Times May 22, 2016

They find little to suppress, but cause long delays that madden newswriters in hours of crisis.

From Time Magazine Archive

They must have been things meant not to quiet it but to madden it.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

As warmer spotlights go, “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” may never fully expunge what maddens and mystifies about the untimely end of troubled souls.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

They're lashing out at the idea of competence that maddens them.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2025

Francis has a tendency for making off-the-cuff public remarks, a trait that maddens both supporters and critics alike.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2020

Nothing is ever certain with Klinsmann, whose unpredictability maddens U.S. supporters and catches his own players off guard.

From Washington Post May 28, 2016

He despairs of us, all of us, including the model, whose surreptitious gum chewing maddens him.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

De Gaulle maddened his British hosts, and particularly Churchill, with his ceaseless complaints and ingratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

Except Paul isn’t magic; she waves her red flags high and proud, and the good folks at ABC, Hulu and Disney charged at them with the oblivious desperation of so many trapped, maddened bulls.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2026

Local officials around the state say they have been similarly maddened.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2021

The pope’s penchant for speaking in an off-the-cuff manner has maddened not only supporters and critics, but also his staff in the Roman bureaucracy.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2020

Realizing that my plastic weapon was hardly a match for a long fork wielded by a maddened Methuselah, realizing that I was seeing Clyde at his worst, I tried to end our little duel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Ford told reporters on Monday that the neighbourly squabbles can be maddening.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

If you’re an NFL or NBA fan and you’re worried the game isn’t going to be interrupted by a maddening, extended instant replay review, don’t worry: The World Cup has your ire covered.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The sound is not just big and bold, but scrubbed clean by AI with the goal of maddening perfection.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Until then, Scheffler had only heard rumors about how maddening the course could be.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

His gallop was so disorganized that he had a maddening tendency to whack himself in the front ankle with his own hind hoof.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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