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.
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The method to his madness comes through in the mixtapes.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2023
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Of course, there is some method to the madness, but not much.
—Jais Tollette, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
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Here is a film that is touched with the madness of love.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2022
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There’s a method to the madness of Love & Death‘s release.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
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What are the lessons for CEOs that come out of this March madness?
—David Meyer, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2022
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With that said, there’s a certain method to the madness.
—Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
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But is there a method to the madness to get from hello to close?
—Melody Avecilla, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
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Edert then led the madness on the court and took it to the table.
—Dan Gelston, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
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Why should North Texas craft beer lovers be left out of the madness?
—Kelly Dearmore, Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2020
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Oh, the madness of the pleasure dome made of 1,500 panels of glass.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
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West was not only at the center of the storm, but the creator of the madness.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2022
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That, plus a video of the madness from earlier; the camp took up the whole field.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
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Therein lies the root of the madness that drives the Jackson Hole One Fly.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
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The air is charged with melodrama and even a touch of madness.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
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Sweet home, tech, and kitchen deals can serve as a brief escape from the madness.
—Erin Parker, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2020
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Here's where the madness sets in…are the potatoes boiling over, is the turkey dry?
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
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Noise is the sound of madness itself, the din within our minds.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Then there were those who had made peace with the madness, boxed it up, and refused to open it.
—Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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There was a method to this madness for Sitake last season.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
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Trust us, there’s not just a method to this madness—it's backed by science, too.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2025
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The owner assured them there was a method to her madness.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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And the darkest part of the dark, the maddest part of the madness is the relentless gambling involved.
—Truman Capote, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
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To try to describe a SpongeBob Squarepants movie is to flirt with madness.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2021
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It’s time for Republicans to be a brick wall to stop the madness.
—WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022
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Still, the sheer madness of the X4 M Competition is a thrill in its own right.
—Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 May 2022
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So, which teams have a chance to jump in the seedings, and which are concerned with making the road ahead more difficult when the madness begins?
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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László’s pursuit feels tangible when a rich client and industrialist, played by Guy Pearce, hires him to build a community center, but the project drives him to near madness.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
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