madden
verb (used with object)
to anger or infuriate.
have maddened
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present perfectof madden.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Life had a regularity now that would have maddened a man more ambitious than Eddie or a woman more restless than Ellaphine.
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
Monsieur," she said to the duke, ignoring her cousin Paul with a coolness that must have maddened him, "will you not dismiss your tradespeople?
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
Its tumult and fury seemed to ease his heart of some little of its pain; in that dark hour a quiet night would have maddened him.
From Beatrice by Henry Rider Haggard
The anguish of parting hath taken its sojourn in my breast And love and longing and sorrow have maddened heart and brain.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by John Payne
In fact, he refused to dwell upon the thought of it; it would have maddened him in earnest.
From A Life's Morning by George Gissing
