Example Sentences

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The horror genre is perfectly positioned to reflect the worldwide case of stir-craziness we’ve endured for the last two years, and three current television dramas provide solidly made meat-and-potatoes variations on the haunted-house scenario.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Business tanked for a few weeks but quickly rebounded as restrictions throttled air travel and stir-craziness set in.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

I found my solution to a bad case of coronavirus lockdown-induced stir-craziness in a photo attached to an old email from an ultradistance runner I once worked with.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2020

Recording the cover was a product of coronavirus stir-craziness, but Barham says he expects to be playing it on stage long after the quarantine has lifted.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2020

You can spend days indoors without really seeing the sea, which induces a deeper, more existential stir-craziness than on your typical boat-bound voyage.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010