How to Use manic in a Sentence

manic

adjective
  • My voice was manic, but who cared?
    — Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The manic cat bursts through the door.
    — Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The result feels serene rather than manic.
    — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • The low is made all the more real by the descent from a manic high.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • What was ground zero for the manic pixie dream girl movie trope?
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • His manic distress spoke for all of us in that moment.
    — Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • That’s the one Bill was tapped to play when the manic Mitchell got sick.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Her crowd scenes have evolved, too, into manic tableaux of movement and satire.
    — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Freiburghaus’ film follows his best friend through a year-long struggle with manic episodes.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Or the conviction, or the manic side.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
  • What draws you to these guys with this kind of manic obsessiveness and rage?
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024
  • 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
  • If the scene feels manic — and even a bit familiar — that is by design.
    — Dave Itzkoff New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
  • All of them have a signature, chaotic feel that edges on manic.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
  • At the time my treatment team was concerned that my job could trigger manic episodes.
    — As Told To Natasha Lavender, SELF, 17 June 2021
  • James flips it upside down for a manic, unpredictable speedrun of a remix.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Ever since, Heiko has spent his life in the manic pursuit of new species across the globe.
    — National Geographic, 17 July 2016
  • Fanning does manic, funny, grief-filled, and lusty, and sometimes all of them at once.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • 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
  • There's something almost manic about it.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Success in the startup world isn't about who can create the most manic hustle.
    — Roland Siebelink, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Imagine those stocks—and many others—hitting the market in one wild and manic day.
    — Carol J. Loomis, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Damo is worried about Kyle, who’s reminding him of his friend who was manic.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Wiry and manic, Forcade wore a black hat and refused to have his face photographed.
    — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Toward the end of my four-month-long manic episode, my medication was changed.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
  • His manic, modern soundtrack in the first half-hour is intrusive and more than a bit try-hard.
    — Viv Groskop, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Personal opinions about someone aside, a manic episode isn’t a joke.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Even as the cars change and the format alters, the fans and drivers share the same manic energy.
    — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025

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