How to Use delirious in a Sentence

delirious

adjective

• He was delirious with fever.
• As the child's temperature went up, he became delirious and didn't know where he was.
• His movies have long paid homage to the delirious blood baths of the grind-house era.
  — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• The scene was now delirious—as though the war was over and the Palestinian cause had been won.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• Jokic rattled home the jumper in front of a delirious crowd.
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2020
• These two, for a brand of soap called Bris, are delirious delights.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2020
• As one of the worst months in team history comes to end, the Sox appear delirious.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
• Everyone was feeling a bit delirious in the face of a long shoot day.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• This followed a delirious ratings run for Fox News in the weeks leading up to the election.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2020
• Silliness is kept at bay but at the cost of delirious momentum.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
• In her delirious last days, Jeanne kept asking Andrea why her sons did not read.
  — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
• At the sight of blood, her husband (Cumberbatch) gets delirious, spilling hot soup.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 May 2022
• Fans were delirious and the players were nearly as happy.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• Bob Barker, the show’s longtime host, who died Saturday, was the still point in this delirious world.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• By the novel’s end, Hermione has suffered a breakdown that leaves her bedridden and delirious for three months.
  — Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2022
• Standing on a soapbox in a town square, the delirious ranter, or even the genuine prophet, can reach a few hundred people.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
• On the road, his friend Amrit Kumar became delirious with a sudden fever and died.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
• When the throw got away and went out of play, Duran tossed his helmet and the delirious Lions spilled out of the dugout in celebration.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2022
• His records are like raunchy and delirious stand-up comedy albums told in hip-hop.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• Some of the speculation made sense and some was just delirious wish-casting.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2023
• The idea for ice cream bars made to look like fried chicken came to Cynthia Wong in a flash of delirious inspiration.
  — Betsy Cribb, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2021
• Quickly, delirious Berliners surged through the old checkpoints or clambered over the wall.
  — The Economist, 22 Nov. 2019
• After Rapp ran through the first verse and chorus, Kesha herself took the stage and the song to new dizzying, delirious, breathless heights.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
• The audience by that time was mostly maskless and delirious as well.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
• That was part of a delirious sequence of events that came the day before the conference championship games in the NFL playoffs.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
• Abe, delirious-quiet, kissed his momma and then dragged his feet into the house after Bull.
  — J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Would happy couples throw away stable marriages for the chance of true, delirious love?
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2021
• If Neil was proud, the state was delirious at the prospect of a native son in the finals of one of the biggest reality TV franchises of 2009.
  — Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2020
• Grover, who was brought to life by a puppeteer from Bangladesh, was soon surrounded by delirious children.
  — NBC News, 17 Dec. 2020
• But things got delirious once the audience was allowed to ask questions.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024