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

And, to keep from going stir-crazy as they wait for the lesions to heal, they bond over a shared experience none of them asked for.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022

“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

But we’re going to go stir-crazy, get more and more miserable.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes