noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
descent into alcoholism/chaos/madness etc
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his descent into drug abuse
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
sheer
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There is sheer blazing madness in here.
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Clearing a rainforest in this way is sheer madness .
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Cutting down the forest is sheer madness .
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Moving from the shade to the middle of the field seemed sheer madness .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
moment of madness/weakness/panic etc
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He caught me in a moment of weakness.
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I had a moment of panic.
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In a moment of madness Rosenoir kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground.
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In a moment of weakness the President had accepted the invitation.
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It was a moment of madness.
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She rang the doorbell, listened to the silence within and felt a moment of panic.
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What mattered was that one of the legs had been used by the gang in a moment of panic.
there's method in/to sb's madness
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By the end of the book, Peter's addiction has led him to madness and suicide.
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Smith's photographs reflect the madness of our times.
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Some prisoners feigned madness so that they would be released.
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Stores are preparing for the annual holiday shopping madness .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bearing these points in mind, let us now start to consider the question of creativity and madness in more detail.
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Grandcourt finds Gwendolen screaming in a fit of madness .
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Hera who never forgot a wrong sent the madness upon him.
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His madness and his recovery were still very much present to him, and he would occasionally talk or write about both.
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How could my dream have produced such madness ?
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I grew possessed by madness to deceive.
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Maya hears in its voice madness , self-hate.
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She made it sound like bally madness .