How to Use manic in a Sentence

manic

adjective

• The low is made all the more real by the descent from a manic high.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• The sight of him is a reminder of when things didn’t feel so manic and unsafe.
  — Naomi Hofferber, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2019
• The woman’s boyfriend, 19, of Euclid, said the woman had a manic episode while in his car.
  — cleveland, 17 Nov. 2021
• The main drawback is that at half an hour, this manic free-for-all starts to wear the viewer out.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• In the film, he was voiced with manic comic timing — and a big dollop of heart — by Robin Williams.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• If the scene feels manic — and even a bit familiar — that is by design.
  — Dave Itzkoff New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
• My mom arrived in the depths of a furious manic episode.
  — Winston Ross, Longreads, 8 Dec. 2019
• Her crowd scenes have evolved, too, into manic tableaux of movement and satire.
  — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
• Lanning asked his team, his eyes widening in a manic rage.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Wiry and manic, Forcade wore a black hat and refused to have his face photographed.
  — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
• Was Glen Powell…a male version of the manic pixie dream girl?
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
• What draws you to these guys with this kind of manic obsessiveness and rage?
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024
• James flips it upside down for a manic, unpredictable speedrun of a remix.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2023
• Fanning does manic, funny, grief-filled, and lusty, and sometimes all of them at once.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• His reelection campaign had lost the manic, live-on-CNN pace of his 2016 blitz.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 Sep. 2020
• Our manic pattern settles down a bit in the days to come with a good chance of spying the sun today and Friday.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
• At the time my treatment team was concerned that my job could trigger manic episodes.
  — As Told To Natasha Lavender, SELF, 17 June 2021
• He, Conway informed me with a manic grin, is one of the world’s fastest day-of-the-week calculators.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2021
• Success in the startup world isn't about who can create the most manic hustle.
  — Roland Siebelink, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
• The last 96 hours have been one of the most manic and momentous in my last decade in venture capital.
  — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Ahmed teams with artist Joey Vazquez for a manic story that pits Kamala against a zombie horde.
  — Joe George, Men's Health, 14 June 2022
• New Years, at least for the young and single, is governed by the manic desire to find someone to kiss at midnight.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 July 2019
• Writing often sent her into a manic state, and conflicts on the fan pages left her seething.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
• All of them have a signature, chaotic feel that edges on manic.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
• Oldham was a King’s Road ingénue, a manic child of the fashion boutique.
  — Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• Like the rest of The Wolf of Wall Street, the shipwreck scene is manic, jaw-droppingly shameless, and darkly funny.
  — Meg Walters, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2022
• In this manic market with its slim pickings, a harsh light is cast on houses that do not sell right away.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2021
• The episode ends with a flashback to the accident, caused when Jamie pulls the hand brake to stop Nick from his manic speeding down the dark Dorchester back roads.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 6 Feb. 2020
• Below, Rome reacts to his manic TV edit, while detailing his rivalry with Sol and how finding an early idol gave him the freedom to play harder.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
• Happy Death Day perfectly balances the comedy and the horror and keeps its momentum thanks to Rothe’s manic performance.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024