run mad
Example Sentences
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We don’t build things any longer: not vast obelisks covered in hideous hieroglyphs, not immense portals whose depths no mortal can fathom, not mighty sepulchres and vile altars that men run mad to behold.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2016
He failed and went home to run mad courses and die on the scaffold, faintly recalling the Irish history of Richard II.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin
It almost seemed as if millions run mad had tossed all these splendours together aimlessly, insanely shouting, "something more costly, something more costly still!"
From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Schubin, Ossip
The fellows seem to run mad after her.”
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
And the fame of it will be of use to you in your next amour; for the women, you know, run mad after fortune-tellers and preachers.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
