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
  • There’s a method to the madness of Love & Death‘s release.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
  • With that said, there’s a certain method to the madness.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • But Wareham said there’s a method to his white-rice-and-chicken madness.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • If its members had any guts, Congress would pass laws to put a stop to this EO madness.
    Jessica Melugin, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But there’s a method to the madness, as Warner told his audience.
    al, 23 Jan. 2023
  • As Clarence starts to believe his own charade, the filmmaker tries to shape lessons out of the madness.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The madness begins before Halloween and doesn’t end until the second week of the new year.
    WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The jabs seem to be in good fun as the madness behind Rob's character is put on display.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • And there really isn’t one -- not without even more madness at the top.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • However, a pair of local teams are already right in the middle of the madness.
    Staff Reports, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • But, know there's method in the madness, and like no-makeup makeup, there's skill to making this style look the perfect amount of mussy.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In the clip, the singer and the actor trade sultry verses in a Western-style strip club and rodeo bar, as Diplo makes his way through the madness.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
  • No matter how big or small your storage space is, there’s a method out there that can control the madness.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The heart of his book tracks our gradual descent into the madness.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Thanks to eight minutes of madness, Spain will be playing for its first World Cup title.
    USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Dozens of Chiefs players and coaches lit up Sunday, with the fog hanging heavy in the air as reporters made their way through the madness.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024

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