| 单词 | monomaniacal |
| 例句 | He specializes in portraying righteousness pushed to the point of murderous, monomaniacal rage. Movie Review: Russell Crowe Confronts Life’s Nasty Weather in ‘Noah’ 2014-03-27T18:05:40Z If his fish and birds have an uneasy, monomaniacal bite, funny and scary, his landscapes can be delicate beyond belief, mist-muffled detonations of tone and line. Art Review: ?The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China? at the Met Museum - Review 2011-09-08T22:36:02Z The screenplay is equally monomaniacal, with entire conversations occurring around the theme of Mercè’s anatomy. ‘The Artist and the Model’: It’s not just clothing that’s lacking 2013-08-29T20:34:42Z Ahab’s crew, Ishmael says, “seemed to be picked and packed specifically by some infernal fatality to help him to his monomaniacal revenge.” At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z In intertwining her father's story with her own, Bechdel is conscious of being as ruthless as her father was in "his monomaniacal restoration of our old house". Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z Bergman describes Sharon as a “pyromaniac,” and his obsession with killing Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as verging on monomaniacal. ‘Rise and Kill First’ Shines Light on Israel’s Hidden Assassinations 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z I was used to being monomaniacally focused on my work, and then lo and behold, there was a baby, who of course thought and deserved that I should be utterly focused on her. Jenny Holzer – portrait of the artist 2013-02-05T17:39:49Z Yet, ultimately, it is Poe’s other aspect, his ability to convey monomaniacal intensity, verging on hysteria, that we are drawn to, his gift for expressing what D.H. Review | Is Poe the most influential American writer? A new book offers evidence. 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The Disneyesque fireworks of the finale can’t hide the fact that the hero of the tale is abandoning his family in the grip of a monomaniacal obsession. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z But the art remains emotionally and often visually monochromatic, even monomaniacal. Andrew Wyeth leaves viewers on the outside looking in Jones is an emotional cripple unable to confront her past; Hogarth’s monomaniacal focus on her career leaves her unprepared to face mortality. Review: ‘Jessica Jones’ Returns, Well Timed for the Time’s Up Moment 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z What might be tedious in other writers becomes mysteriously freighted, his world ushered into life not with broad sweeps but with bullet-pointed, monomaniacal repetition. A brief survey of the short story part 26: JG Ballard 2010-06-10T15:24:00Z I found beauty in molecular biology but struggled with the solitary and monomaniacal lifestyle that research demanded. It’s Not You, It’s Men 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z And Ms. Swank’s performance shrinks in scope as her character’s monomaniacal devotion to freeing Kenny takes over the movie. | 'Conviction': Her Brother?s Keeper, No Matter the Cost 2010-10-14T23:03:00Z I think some of those elements are visible in my character, who becomes monomaniacally obsessed with tracking down a man whose picture he’d taken nearly 30 years ago. Alessandro Nivola: 'It's been nice picking through my dad's experiences for the Sopranos film' 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z She was also mercurial, cantankerous, infuriating, monomaniacal, self-protective and monumentally egotistical. ArtsBeat: More Words About Ellen Stewart 2011-01-23T22:13:35Z No previous Vargas Llosa protagonist – be they monomaniacal millenarian cultist, deluded dictator, gay guerrillero or utopian artist – had such a complex personality, nor could be both enigmatic and loveable. Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z Those were the days when monomaniacal leaders banged on about their superior ideologies and the fate of the earth hung on just one launch code. Book review: ‘A Map of Betrayal,’ by Ha Jin A fount of austere self-righteousness and a terror to his family, he becomes diminished by the monomaniacal pursuit of justice. The Winslow Boy – review 2013-05-08T17:07:43Z The total lack of studio supervision combined with Getty’s monomaniacal drive and technical knowhow resulted in some truly outré horror, material he simply couldn’t have gotten away with under the auspices of a larger production. A millionaire, his meth addiction and the horror movie 15 years in the making 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z She seems earnestly interested in each man even if sometimes she’s obviously skeptical and other times apparently bored by his monomaniacal, grandiose or evasive discourse. Katarzyna Kozyra: ‘Looking for Jesus’ 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z There's something of The Bridge on the River Kwai about 's monomaniacal passion to bring opera to the jungle. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z In the name of their valor, war itself becomes a sort of white whale, a goal pursued furiously and monomaniacally, for its own sake, without regard to purpose or consequence. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Forrest is a monomaniacal nebbish, Captain Ahab in a beige blazer. ‘Review,’ a Workaholic’s Slapstick Tragedy Nears Its End 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The authors see Ahab’s determination as “the wicked core of his monomaniacal monotheism,” and they understand the novel as a stirring critique of the modern search for an existential foundation. Books of The Times: The Classics as the Antidote to Modern Malaise 2011-01-04T01:18:40Z If musical genius is a gift randomly bestowed, it requires intense monomaniacal cultivation to reach fruition. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z He delivered wicked political satire by pretending to be a right-wing, monomaniacal cable talk-show host. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But it’s clear their monomaniacal devotion to their work, and inability to love generously, make them birds of a feather. Clarity, humor make this ‘Seagull’ fly 2013-01-31T17:44:16Z A onetime travel writer, Roach excels in capturing science’s “foreign country” aspect — roaming as a stranger in a strange land among its weird norms and novelties, grand monomaniacal passions, practitioners’ idiosyncrasies and obscure lexicon. Yes, there are maggots: Mary Roach's 'Grunt' delights in the physicalities of going to war 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He wasn’t shy about his ambition when we talked, but that friendly demeanor belies the monomaniacal focus required to be so productive. Foo Fighters Wanted to Rule Rock. 25 Years Later, They’re Still Roaring. 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z And I became monomaniacally obsessed with the idea. Designing a Book Cover for Italo Calvino 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Opinion was explosively divided, some hailing the track's monomaniacal repetition as a wild new twist on rap lyricism, others savaging it as a hipster take on hip-hop. Das Racist: hip-hop for hipsters, or taking it back to Slick Rick? 2010-10-08T23:06:00Z Under their monomaniacal surfaces, constant shifts of timbre, density and overtones conjure worlds teeming with life. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z What we said: “A lab-rat experiment of a film with flat, facetious humour and a single insidious joke maintained and developed with monomaniacal intensity.” The best films of 2020 so far 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z But Miller is such a monomaniacal kid that he barely seems to notice. Books of The Times: A 9-Year-Old Fan of ?A Fan?s Notes,? Finding Truth in His Own Fiction 2010-09-29T20:52:00Z He also burns with a monomaniacal energy, channeled through Mr. Lane’s well-honed comic finesse, that absorbs your utter interest and makes him as ridiculously seductive as Greta Garbo. Review: ‘The Front Page’ Is Diverting, but Don’t Stop the Presses 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Sondheim gave transcendent musical voice to monomaniacal rage, with a shivery riff on the Dies Irae of the Catholic mass. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z As a style, his was as monomaniacal in focus as Miami bass, one lusty come-on after the next. Music Review: D?Banj and Other African Stars at Irving Plaza 2012-02-22T23:24:21Z It’s no longer a job requirement to be monomaniacal; sometimes, you don’t even have to be all that witty. The TV Watch: Seth Meyers Takes Over as Host, With Ease 2014-02-25T17:59:16Z Silvers then maintained control of the publication — with monomaniacal focus, by all accounts — until his death, at 87, in 2017. New York Review Names 2 Top Editors 5 Months After Ian Buruma’s Departure 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z That novel’s theme of monomaniacal, violent obsession and the Shakespearean cadences of its prose underline what is happening on screen in a way that is only occasionally heavy-handed. | 'Warrior': ?Warrior,? Directed by Gavin O?Connor - Review 2011-09-08T16:26:17Z "The move does show how monomaniacally obsessed the bitcoin market is with the coming spot ETFs," said Joseph Edwards, head of research at London crypto firm Enigma Securities. Bitcoin gives up gains after BlackRock denies ETF approval report 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z An acclaimed emeritus professor at Stanford University, White combines dogged research, superior storytelling skills and a delicious sense of irony to tell the story of the likely murder of his institution’s duplicitous and monomaniacal co-founder. The 5 best nonfiction books of 2022, according to Mary Ann Gwinn 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The court should make clear that its focus on history does not need to be applied with monomaniacal precision. Opinion | After more than 600 mass shootings this year, let’s be honest about guns 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Much of “The Unfolding” skewers the Big Guy’s monomaniacal plans to drag the country back to its great White roots. Review | A.M. Homes traces the frightening (and hilarious) roots of GOP decay 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z From the legend of King Midas to the story of the magic porridge pot that would not stop, children for centuries have absorbed the lesson that monomaniacal wishes are best left unfulfilled. Opinion | The Kansas abortion vote sends a powerful message to the Supreme Court 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Surely she knows what happens to people who cross the monomaniacal former president. Column: Is the Trump lunge story true? Let's see if his Secret Service sycophants tell us under oath it isn't 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z But it does give us a believable interpretation of Holmes: that of a monomaniacal teen-turned-woman whose financially unstable childhood and starry-eyed ambitions led to a lie that, once born, required nonstop feeding. Review | Two new shows chronicle the fall of Theranos and rise of Uber — and tally the human cost of tech greed 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Plenty of chief executives have a focus that can seem monomaniacal. A Fraudster Who Just Can’t Seem to Stop … Selling Eyeglasses 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Tax cuts soon became the monomaniacal driving force of the GOP. Opinion | Santa Claus might arrive early this year for rich people 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Those who want to be promoted tend to focus on accumulating these hours, which they track with time-keeping software, sometimes monomaniacally. To Get Ahead at Work, Lawyers Find It Helps to Actually Be at Work 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Whatever FDR’s threat, Kennedy, who had always been a monomaniacal isolationist, voiced his personal opinions without reservation, while the president was noncommittal in public. Review | The schemes and ambitions of Joseph P. Kennedy, undiplomatic ambassador 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Scripps’ motivation for sharing those hobbies and passions is clear: It sends the message that the spellers are normal kids, not robotic middle-schoolers with a monomaniacal devotion to memorizing the dictionary. National Spelling Bee win could be footnote to hoops career 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z “Republican incumbents are monomaniacally focused on the primaries” in 2022, hoping to fend off challenges from the right, Henson says. Opinion | What’s the matter with Texas (legislators)? 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z But there’s much to be said for expected pleasures, and here again, the Daleks deliver with their raw, hectoring speech; fascist obsession with genetic purity; and monomaniacal desire to “Exterminate!” all that is not Dalek. Jodie Whittaker's 'Doctor Who' stays true to form in New Year's special 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Andersen is a gifted simplifier, and he is undeniably correct; the right has been well-funded and monomaniacal in the goal of rolling back social democracy, even in its pitifully attenuated American form. Review: How Reagan and the finance bros gave us Trump 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The Republicans’ “monomaniacal drive to confirm Judge Barrett at all costs needlessly threatens the health and safety of Senators, staff, and all those who work in the Capitol complex,” Schumer said in a statement. McConnell says Barrett hearings won't be affected by Senate's delayed return 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z In a memo to colleagues, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned of the GOP’s “monomaniacal drive” to confirm the nominee. Biden urges pause on Trump court pick until after election 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z In a memo to colleagues, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned of the GOP’s “monomaniacal drive” to confirm the nominee. Biden urges pause on Trump court pick until after election 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Although monomaniacally focused on slavery, the Times’s project completely misses the most salient point: Opinion | The ‘1619 Project’ is filled with slovenliness and ideological ax-grinding 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z A monomaniacal king with quicksilver changes of heart and unlimited power and a right-hand man who constantly weighs whether to tell the truth and or simply agree. Review: Curtains for Cromwell, as Hilary Mantel's glorious trilogy concludes 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z My monomaniacal streak first revealed itself through an infant obsession with Mr Blobby. 'I should have grown out of this': how pop fandom shaped us 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z But Levy adds a lot of color to subjects including Zuckerberg’s early life, his monomaniacal focus on growing the user base, and the gradual shrinking of his inner circle over time. ‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ author Steven Levy on how the company compares to Apple and Google 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z All demonstrated a monomaniacal commitment to exercise and set their videos to royalty-free electronic music with chopped chipmunk vocals. Infinite scroll: life under Instagram 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Subjected to grueling hours, low pay, few benefits or protections and the vagaries of monomaniacal bosses, assistants have largely toiled in silence because it was considered a golden ticket to advancement — but no longer. Hollywood assistants are in open revolt. Here's why 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z If those things happened as seen, is he really rescued by his followers in the end, or is that all his own glorious monomaniacal fantasy? Question Club: the best and worst Joker debate topics 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z They’re monomaniacally focused on romantic relationships as the only worthwhile goal in life, and they resist basically any solution except forcible revolution. Should we treat incels as terrorists? 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Because Twitter is monomaniacal, almost no one defended me. How to survive a Twitter storm 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z “I will not assist a publication clearly dedicated to a monomaniacal political agenda of undermining the duly elected president of the United States,” he said in an email. From a Swimsuit Model to the Trump Megaphone: The Genesis of ‘Jexodus’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The truth is, many of the men themselves didn’t fit this monomaniacal stereotype. The Secret History of Women in Coding 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The monomaniacal focus on antitrust ironically sounds more like something from the Cato Institute or the Koch brothers, rather than a progressive plan to improve the aggregate quality of life for the majority of Americans. In antitrust, size isn’t everything 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z But they were uncertain how to respond in person to his monomaniacal attacks on Ford. Carterism 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Stuber, who has a mellow, genial style that stands out in monomaniacal Hollywood, is the consummate film industry insider. Netflix’s Movie Blitz Takes Aim at Hollywood’s Heart 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Almena, so monomaniacally obsessed with his warehouse that he missed his brother’s funeral, flew into rages and ripped down people’s studio walls if they didn’t conform to his aesthetic. He Helped Build an Artists’ Utopia. Now He Faces Trial for 36 Deaths There. 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Nick Saban, the University of Alabama’s monomaniacal football coach, sat in a trophy-stuffed office, reminiscing about the days when he cared about something other than football. Wilder vs. Fury: Two Unpredictable Heavyweights and the Biggest Fight in Boxing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Stephen Prina has some fun with that monomaniacal idea in a pointedly titled abstract mural. Review: 'This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich and Many Other Artists' at ICA/LA 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He brought out their violence: the cluster chords, the pounding of high and low registers, the monomaniacal repetition. The Sonic Fury of the Ojai Musical Festival 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z At this I gave him the brushoff that you give the monomaniacal and slipped out. Opinion | #MeToo Comes for the Archbishop 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z “There’s a kind of monomaniacal gene that you have to have, a sense of single-minded pursuit, that Sy at his best exemplified,” Mr. Remnick said. I, Sy: Seymour Hersh’s Memoir of a Life Making the Mighty Sweat 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z All she knew was that for the second consecutive Olympics, she would leave with nothing tangible to show for four years of monomaniacal devotion to her sport. British Speedskater Finishes on Her Feet but Goes Home Empty-Handed Again 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Sharapova was born to a monomaniacal father who taught himself tennis, then imposed it on his child. Sharapova, a tennis star with hyper focus and tough love 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “El Jefe” is ruthless and crafty and monomaniacal, they said, and yet he has made our tiny island, half as populous as greater Mexico City, a major player on the globe. Inside Fidel Castro's Cuba — And His Legacy 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z The remain campaign began with a sham, was monomaniacal with its Project Fear and ended in governmental thuggishness. Brexit: Britain’s welcome revival of nationhood 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It was perhaps the starkest display yet of the media’s serial, monomaniacal focus on Trump, a focus that all-too-frequently slides into cynical, ratings-juicing irresponsibility. The victory speech from hell: Trump’s surreal hour-long address was everything wrong about 2016 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z As the most recent Democratic debate demonstrated, Sanders is practically monomaniacal in his focus on the problem of income inequality in America. Stop comparing Trump and Sanders: The two candidates aren’t equal and opposite radicals 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z A spectacularly verbose, impressionistic portrait of Jobs as a monomaniacal whiz kid, cruel to his intimates. From ‘Ant-Man’ to ‘War Room,’ Family Filmgoer’s favorite movies of 2015 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z But it seems fair to say that Liberty does not pursue diversity monomaniacally the way other universities do. Jerry Falwell’s Liberal Example 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z They understand that developing a monomaniacal focus on their vital few priorities unleashes legendary results. 4 Methods for Being More Productive at Work 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s monomaniacal and can carry you away from much of life. William Finnegan: 'I was reluctant to come out of the closet as a surfer' 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z They might be better-looking, richer, and slightly more monomaniacal than us, but they’re human too. Tears of renown: Wilmer Flores offers rare proof that stars are just like us 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z His monomaniacal drive to win always has him at the center. Lakers Lost Lustre 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z But Reagan remains, for Republicans, a monomaniacal obsession—someone to be celebrated and cited and emulated and impersonated without regard to the calendar and, indeed, without cease. The Reagan Reflex 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z While Fiedler was sitting at his desk in Missoula, Mont., writing his monomaniacal tome, a youthful rebellion was asserting itself in every corner of the culture. The Death of Adulthood in American Culture 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The investigation draws them into the bizarre world of Scully’s church and a collision with the preacher’s monomaniacal successor, his hired thugs and shocking secrets about Lucy’s past. ‘Original Sin’ is tense, disturbing thriller 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z So the goal is to build this facility into self-programming machines in order to forestall monomaniacal behaviour. The scientific A-Team saving the world from killer viruses, rogue AI and the paperclip apocalypse 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Many of these are part of a new wave characterized by salted caramel and Twitter accounts, with monomaniacal artisans taking daily cues from what’s growing in the garden. Don't swelter: Here are a dozen L.A. ice cream shops to help you cool off 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, America’s president, the haughty, sanctimonious, and egotistical—even monomaniacal—Woodrow Wilson imagined himself as God’s anointed to bring peace to the earth, and that required America to become a belligerent. From Iraq To Ukraine, From Syria To Yugoslavia: Terrorists Who Wrecked The Modern World A Century Ago Are Creating More Wars Today 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z To the many raised and furious voices of the internet, straying from their view of whatever thing they're monomaniacally obsessed with is heresy. Want to tell the world what you really think? Say it with a stamp 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z “Defender,” a new ad released Monday by the Graham campaign team, is yet another testament to this monomaniacal strategy. Self-parody: Lindsey Graham’s new campaign ad is all about Benghazi 2014-03-17T20:18:00Z Lipinski had a similar morphology and monomaniacal commitment to the task when she became Olympic champion. Yulia Lipnitskaya: Small wonder, large talent 2014-02-16T06:00:00Z The man most often credited with coining the phrase never said it, and he wouldn’t have been a fan of the monomaniacal focus on money, or any other metric. What Wolf of Wallstreet can (or can't) Teach Us about the Secret to Life 2014-01-06T17:04:00Z Nevertheless, to his enemies he remained a symbol of the monomaniacal pursuit of vast wealth. Marc Rich, 'King of Oil' pardoned by Clinton, dies at 78 2013-06-26T21:05:08Z One might pose a similar question of Zero Dark Thirty, which portrays its intelligence-gathering Americans as variously savage, dedicated, flighty, monomaniacal, generous, blinkered, amoral and hollowed out. Oscar Countdown: Kathryn Bigelow's Art of Darkness 2013-02-21T21:35:22Z It means that the Republican Party and its base tends to share Grover’s monomaniacal loathing for taxes and government. Viewpoint: Grover Norquist, Idealist Advocate of Bad Ideas 2012-11-28T21:35:30Z The same traits that made Sinofsky an extremely successful turnaround artist after the Vista mess – his monomaniacal pursuit of a clear goal – became liabilities in this reimagined world. Apple can finish what Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky started 2012-11-19T11:12:06Z I think this is an example where we should be careful of monomaniacal focus on the statistic, rather than the more complicated problem that it represents. Economics and culture: Maybe teen motherhood isn't so bad 2012-05-17T17:55:27Z This monomaniacal hunt led many species to the brink of extinction. DNA Fingers Real-Life Captain Ahabs for Precipitous Decline of Gray Whales 2012-05-09T22:45:00.267Z Luckily for us, hers is one volume, not three, and it’s less self-serving, less mendacious, less monomaniacal than Kissinger’s. Rice Calls Cheney Naive, Recalls Movies With Bush, Blair: Books 2011-10-31T04:28:07Z Almost exactly a year ago, in a speech to the City, Osborne coined the phrase "deficit deniers" to smear anyone who dared question his monomaniacal obsession with austerity. George Osborne is a chancellor in denial 2011-08-12T18:49:25Z The air was balmy and serene, and his own monomaniacal hallucinations were dissipated, partly worn out by their own violence and partly dispelled by many hours of uninterrupted repose. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z He is wonderfully consistent but, more than that, he possesses a monomaniacal desire to improve – always a good sign, especially in someone already at the peak of his professional. Luke Donald and Martin Kaymer earn respect and new world rankings 2011-02-28T21:00:00Z The real Lombardi was a marvelous character — loud, God-fearing, brilliant, merciless, monomaniacal — and a great documentary subject. TV Sports: The Loud, and Memorable, Voice of Lombardi 2010-12-11T20:52:00Z “He became monomaniacal in his belief that the internal combustion engine should be fueled by gas, at a time when everything was electric, and nobody thought you could put gas on a hot motor.” Just Manic Enough: Seeking Perfect Entrepreneurs 2010-09-18T21:47:00Z Hysterical, like epileptic, subjects often suffer from melancholia or monomaniacal delirium. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso And he was no madman, no victim of a monomaniacal obsession. This Crowded Earth Had he been less fanatical, less obstinate, less fixed upon his monomaniacal purpose, he would have settled a sufficient sum upon her, and gone his way. The Purple Heights All I wanted was to satisfy myself that I was free from a monomaniacal illusion. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Neither will it serve your cause that you may be warranted by a doctor as subject to periodical fits of insanity; monomaniacal tendencies to cut somebody's throat, etc. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 Well suppressed, indeed, and kept firmly in check for his daughter's sake, and by his brave wife's aid; but insanity, none the less, of the profoundest monomaniacal pattern, for all that. Michael's Crag Of all the dreadful trials which human nature has the capacity to bear unshattered, the worst—as, indeed, I have already said—is the fang of some monomaniacal idea which cannot be wrenched out. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott In spite of Madame Sauviat's mute but persistent opposition, Madame Graslin formed an almost monomaniacal habit of sitting in the same place, where she seemed to give way to the blackest melancholy. The Village Rector |
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