stir-crazy

Example Sentences

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“Everyone had this bit of a stir-crazy cabin-fever vibe going.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Maggi and his wife bought the house in 2020, when they and their adult children were going stir-crazy amid the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

“I’m trying to find the balance between not going stir-crazy and physical health risk,” she said.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

But now, as the pandemic drags on, “The Lincoln Highway” is a bracing, heroic adventure for stir-crazy, digitally burned-out readers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

While I waited for the trial, school had started in Greenwood, and during the day when all the kids in town—including Naomi—were in class, I did what I could to keep from going stir-crazy.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe