manic-depressive
Example Sentences
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“This causes people to be distracted by the manic-depressive nature of the stock instead of creating great products.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
I know only that my mother, while still in fourth grade, watched Tomoyo go through a manic-depressive episode.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023
Iris, stately in her silk trousers and Nehru jacket, introducing herself in the group meetings as “a manic-depressive of 27 years’ standing.”
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2021
Also important: This way he doesn’t see me cowering in the corner, ashamed of who and what I am: a manic-depressive, perimenopausal woman.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2020
Well, when it first started they said she was a manic-depressive.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
