madwoman
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madwomen
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‘Mommie Dearest’ Mimosa Mother’s Day’ Faye Dunaway plays screen legend Joan Crawford as a wire hanger-wielding madwoman in this campy 1981 bio-drama based on the scandalous tell-all by Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
"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
Is Frankie right to be suspicious or is she simply becoming more and more of the madwoman in the palazzo?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2021
In that confusion Arcadio found Amaranta, who was looking for him like a madwoman, in her nightgown and with two old pistols that had belonged to José Arcadio Buendía.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
There are carefree black girls, madwomen, high-powered professional divas, vulnerable artists and, yes, awkward black girls.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2016
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
Both she and Aglaya stood and waited as though in expectation, and both looked at the prince like madwomen.
From The Idiot by Eva M. Martin
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