How to Use demented in a Sentence

demented

adjective
  • Many of the patients there were demented.
  • He gave me a demented little smile.
  • Her demented ramblings are a symptom of her illness.
  • In the movie, he plays a demented man trying to survive on the streets of Los Angeles.
  • What kind of sick demented cruel mind thinks of things like this to post?
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2018
  • This is a person in their eighties who was not demented.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Marie and the character are aligned in a demented, carpe diem sort of way.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • But then, like some demented jack-in-the-box, the terrier popped up and charged again.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Egads, there's a demented psychopath popping out of the wall.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • That is so demented to me, to even question anyone other than the rapist.
    — Amber Dowling, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2017
  • This is a person who was in their seventies who was demented.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • But this book is a lot more demented than a simple whodunnit.
    — Megan McCarthy, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Keem’s trademark yawp gave his early work a demented sense of propulsion.
    — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Here are some of our favorite—and most demented—Coachella looks.
    — Liz Raiss, GQ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Blenny fish have always been notable for their big teeth—choppers that give their mouths a demented kind of grin.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 3 Apr. 2017
  • There is also an excellent, if not a little demented, twist at the end.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • These men were on the front line guarding the White House, and were killed by a sick and demented man.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 1998
  • These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard.
    — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 17 Sep. 2017
  • These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
  • These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard.
    — Tim Ross, Bloomberg.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Hadn’t the rowdy boys cheered louder for my talent, which was whistling like a somewhat demented bird?
    — Mary Grimm, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • Watching him dance and sing with a room full of demented goblins never really gets old.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Wild at Heart is sort of a demented take on The Wizard of Oz.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Plaza, too, is demented and funny and satirical and teeming with almost too much pathos to watch.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 Aug. 2017
  • And his demented majesty has no intention of going gentle into that good night.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • The walls of the demented ballet school that serves as the film’s nightmarish setting are blood red, both inside and out.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Forky is an adorable, demented little spork outfitted with pipe-cleaner arms and a cute, squiggly face.
    — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 12 Nov. 2018
  • My sudden and total exposure to this truth left me feeling demented.
    — Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Just as demented and tense, but drunk on the confidence of youth and the arrogance to believe that talent and charm is enough.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Just as demented and tense, but drunk on the confidence of youth and the arrogance to believe that talent and charm is enough.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025

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