: affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania
had a manic personality
his manic work pace
manic
noun
Examples of manic in a Sentence
a manic sense of humor
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But during her manic period, her actions toward me were just too much.
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Culkin has swept just about all of the awards-season precursors, and his lovely performance as an alternately charming, infuriating, manic, troubled American tourist in Jesse Eisenberg’s very good A Real Pain deserves the acclaim.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The group-chat members create a kind of collective, personal filter for current news which is both less manic and more reliable.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Instead, the filmmakers call on Colman and Banderas to fill the void, and although the actors commit with manic enthusiasm, their goofing can’t conjure what came before.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Culkin has swept just about all of the awards-season precursors, and his lovely performance as an alternately charming, infuriating, manic, troubled American tourist in Jesse Eisenberg’s very good A Real Pain deserves the acclaim.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The group-chat members create a kind of collective, personal filter for current news which is both less manic and more reliable.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Instead, the filmmakers call on Colman and Banderas to fill the void, and although the actors commit with manic enthusiasm, their goofing can’t conjure what came before.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for manic
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“Manic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manic. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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