madwoman
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of madwoman
Example Sentences
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“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
And that is so much more credible in a fictional story than the woman who is just falling apart, and is the madwoman in the attic.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 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
The madwoman folded a map into the shape of a falcon.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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