How to Use madness in a Sentence

madness

noun
  • It was the height of madness for him to drive at such high speeds!
  • Her friends told her the idea was pure madness, but she went through with it anyway.
  • He suffered a series of tragedies that nearly drove him to madness.
  • The method to his madness comes through in the mixtapes.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, there is some method to the madness, but not much.
    Jais Tollette, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Here is a film that is touched with the madness of love.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a method to the madness of Love & Death‘s release.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
  • What are the lessons for CEOs that come out of this March madness?
    David Meyer, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2022
  • With that said, there’s a certain method to the madness.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
  • Edert then led the madness on the court and took it to the table.
    Dan Gelston, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
  • West was not only at the center of the storm, but the creator of the madness.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That, plus a video of the madness from earlier; the camp took up the whole field.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
  • Therein lies the root of the madness that drives the Jackson Hole One Fly.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The air is charged with melodrama and even a touch of madness.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Here's where the madness sets in…are the potatoes boiling over, is the turkey dry?
    Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Noise is the sound of madness itself, the din within our minds.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There was a method to this madness for Sitake last season.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
  • And the darkest part of the dark, the maddest part of the madness is the relentless gambling involved.
    Truman Capote, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
  • It’s time for Republicans to be a brick wall to stop the madness.
    WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Still, the sheer madness of the X4 M Competition is a thrill in its own right.
    Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 May 2022
  • James Acaster, in general, is a great add to the madness of a BFQ.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Puerto Rico as a whole feels like a safe haven from the madness of overnight fame.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The madness of mid-March arrived, and some Spurs fans grew listless.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Barreiro fired off a shot in the madness, hitting no one.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
  • The smallest tweak in tone would land this nonstop madness back in the midnight-movie aisle.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The freaks and me may as well have been wired in a direct feed from the Marshalls, so pure and raw is the group’s transfer of madness.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
  • For tips on how to survive the madness, check out this handy guide from The Washington Post.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 23 Dec. 2022
  • When traveling, as in life, there should be a method to any madness.
    Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2023
  • There’s always the possibility that this reunion could reignite the magic — or the madness.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The second is the Campaign Expansion which offers monsters, madness and a few episodes for players to experience with different Mythos decks.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

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