Example Sentences

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“Tractor,” in its dementedly literal-minded transposition of abandoned machinery into intense, aesthetic presence, is also marvelous.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

But Barrie Kosky’s dementedly bawdy staging of Offenbach’s “Orphée aux Enfers,” a satire on the Orpheus myth, produced enough laughter to fill a hundred Salzburg Festivals.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2019

More to his argument, boy bands are generally accepted as shining examples of unimpeachable good looks, charm, and harmless desire, all things that Americans have dementedly limited notions of.

From The Verge • Dec. 11, 2017

In her 2014 book Off the Sidelines—for which Clinton wrote the forward—Gillibrand describes how, upon entering the Senate, “opponents and detractors” nicknamed her “Tracy Flick,” after the perky, dementedly ambitious character from the movie Election.

From Slate • May 31, 2017

When I am home, Budgie wants to be out of his cage, a desire he makes known by squawking or, what is far worse, by pacing dementedly.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich