lunatic asylum
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Last month's release of the film also showed a message saying the police foiled the plot, arrested the criminals and sent Durden to a "lunatic asylum".
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022
Like so many historic geniuses, he went uncelebrated in his own time, dying in disgrace as the inmate of a lunatic asylum.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2021
He is also, as the first sentence of “The Tin Drum” tells us, an inmate in a lunatic asylum.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2019
The way things are going, life in a lunatic asylum might seem like a tempting upgrade if it weren’t for the prospect of open-ended stay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018
If you didn’t eat your egg here you’d be carted off to the lunatic asylum or reported to the bishop.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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