madwoman
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madwomen
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As it turns out, Nina isn’t the unhinged madwoman she’s perceived to be.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
“There’s a fine line between madwoman and dreamer,” Maxine will observe, from the vantage of that line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
"My sister, my hilarious, charming, perfect sister: now other. The irate madwoman on the train," Leddy says.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2022
In “Jane Eyre,” the heroine enters a home with a madwoman whose husband has locked her in the attic; Rose is soon troubled by other malevolent forces.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
The madwoman felt her knees start to shake.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Having evaded 12 homicidal masked madmen, madwomen, mad-cousins and mad-siblings, Sidney is now a married mother of three who prefers the last name Evans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
But it would still make sense to link thematically related works into mini-festivals that encourage binge-watching, like a “Lulu”-versus-“Lucia” showdown of madwomen.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2016
Or: “Don’t start making comparisons with madwomen in history. You are not one of them.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2014
And in some strange way, their movies do honor to their madwomen by respecting the integrity of their delusions.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2011
He spoke for more than an hour, and when he was done his hearers were as madmen and madwomen.
From The Thunders of Silence by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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