Sentences with word «madwoman»

The word "madwoman" refers to a woman who is considered crazy, insane, or mentally ill. Full definition
And, once again, I felt judged, as if the working moms were looking at me — the messy - haired mom in Lululemons and Nike Airs — thinking, «Hmm, must be nice,» as they rushed off like madwomen for a 9 a.m. conference call.
LEZLEY SAAR (1953 --RRB-, «22) Therese Raquin, from 22) Therese Raquin Madwoman in the Attic Series,» 2011 (mixed media on canvas, 46 x 36 inches).
After Thunder in the Sun (1953), Blanche Yurka went back to her first love, the theater, where she scored a personal triumph in the 1970 London production of Madwoman of Chaillot.
There is an expansive body of scholarly work that interrogates cultural representations of evil or morally ambiguous lawyers, but our line of inquiry in this article will trace the metaphor of the female madwoman or monster as it circulates within representations of women lawyers in popular film.
So sure, let's just take it at face value, perhaps Jezebel was a whore and a power hungry idol worshipping prophet killing madwoman.
One character whose previous appearances in the films have been tantalizingly brief, Helena Bonham Carter's sexy - Goth - madwoman Bellatrix Lestrange, gets a moment worth remarking in this chapter.
His current partner, Helena Bonham Carter, plays the Red Queen here, and she's the best thing in the movie — a petulant, imperious madwoman.
I agree with all the comments made so far in that yes, Maud did seem to change most dramatically from the easily malleable English waif to the terrifyingly destructive madwoman she became while trying to enact her revenge on Christian.
It is this reinterpreted madwoman that we wish to reconfigure here.
They spend untold hours shopping, baking, cleaning and traveling like madwomen, and they deserve a little reward.
bags, but I realize most of you aren't going to be able to go through it that quickly — though it does keep for a very long time in the refrigerator...) I've been experimenting with this stuff like a madwoman, and I have to say, I'm an almond flour convert at this point.
Believe me, if it wasn't for my precious meatloaf muffins, I'd be scrambling around like a madwoman every morning (more than I already do).
Between undergrad, my Masters, becoming a dietitian, and getting a full - time job and a long - distance relationship somewhere in the mix, I feel like I've been running around like a madwoman.
Lookatchew popping out fab recipes like a madwoman!
Well, I've been training like a madwoman the past two weeks.
That's why I've been churning out Weight Watchers Instant Pot Recipes like a madwoman.
I'm often cooking or baking at this time... sampling new recipes... getting prepped for picture taking when the light is at its best... shooing everyone out of the kitchen like a madwoman....
I've been making fruit - nut raw snacks like a madwoman for months now, but how have I never thought to throw in my Sunwarrior?
They designed it so that it quickly disconnects from the machine itself instead of crawling on the floor, grasping for cables like a madwoman.
So I cut and sewed like a madwoman and literally made each diaper just in time for me to have to change her.
-- Sandra Tsing Loh, author of The Madwoman in the Volvo «[This is] a love story — between Jillian and her rock star husband and also between a couple and their new son.
I'm presently surfing that site like a madwoman,»cause if St. Kitts is where we end up in January, I want to know all about it!
My book came out on Monday, and I've been running around like a madwoman ever since.
I have felt like a madwoman since being sick last week.
I used stevia in this drink, since I've been burning through sugar like a madwoman the past couple weeks, but feel free to use whatever sweetener you like.
I've been going back and forth between my two offices, seeing clients, working on marketing, planning my trip up to Rhode Island in the coming weeks, and running around like a madwoman, basically.
I'm hosting a baby shower this afternoon and I've run around like a madwoman trying to... READ MORE
I'm scrambling like a madwoman to finish a project at work but can't wait to have a few days off.
I got home Friday evening and starting cleaning like a madwoman because we had weekend guests from out of town.
I spent 3 days straight camped out at my dining room table, hand beading and ladder - stitching like a madwoman.
Since I was rushing like a madwoman when I got ready, I slapped on my favorite red shade of lipstick, nude lace up heels (worn COMPLETELY differently here) and my old pink trusty Longchamp bag — I've had this guy since HIGH SCHOOL so... it is vintage.
When the day calls for you to run around like a madwoman or the temperature outside starts flirting with the heat wave record, a sweater can be suffocating even in the most arctic of A / C tundras (that's right, even bird - boned, lizard people overheat sometimes).
This is the kind of movie where a madwoman's outburst leads her to throw a mug that just happens to be filled with gold sparkles — which can then be photographed cascading down on all the adorable loonies, in slow - motion.
The only significant female role — the African - American characters, male and female, are, unfortunately, pretty much relegated to grateful spectators — is Sally Field's overwrought Mary Todd Lincoln, who frets that history will remember her a madwoman.
Dark and Stormy Night is a conglomeration of decades of «old dark house» clichés into a single film, where the greedy relatives of an eccentric millionaire (joined by two hardboiled reporters, a couple of odd servants, a madwoman in the attic and a frustrated cabbie who just wants his 37 cents) gather for the reading of the will.
In about 1995, a friend of mine bought a 993 - series Carrera 4 for his wife, who drove it like a madwoman throughout the winter.
I'd like to pretend I'm immune to it, but then I think of myself jumping up and down like a madwoman when my son kicks a goal at soccer.
Molly, a young scullery maid in the castle of King Edmund, sees visions and hears voices that offer glimpses of the future, but she hides her gift for fear of being viewed as a madwoman or witch.
You've had a chance to read about The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell and Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye in our April issue — but wait, there's more!
Seen as an outcast and a madwoman, she is sent to the country, where she falls in love with Sab, a freed slave, and continues to write about equality for slaves and for women.
Setterfield's erudite first work of fiction has all the hallmarks of a classic gothic novel, including the creepy ruined house, long - kept secrets, a madwoman in the attic and a dabbling of ghosts, Set in present - day England it has drawn comparisons to novels by the likes of Daphne du Maurier, Wilkie Collins and Charlotte Bronte.
Novelist Anne Rice states from a recent PW Comics World piece, «I remember reading Jane Eyre in the Classics comics and how much I loved the details and seeing the madwoman in the attic in those little panels and seeing the whole novel play out.
MP: I think it's really only now that I'm feeling like a full - fledged writer as opposed to a madwoman who transcribes what her characters are saying.
The Vampire Chronicles novelist Anne Rice also endorses the series, saying, «I remember reading Jane Eyre in the Classics comics and how much I loved the details and seeing the madwoman in the attic in those little panels and seeing the whole novel play out.
Novelist Anne Rice states, «I remember reading Jane Eyre in the Classics comics and how much I loved the details and seeing the madwoman in the attic in those little panels and seeing the whole novel play out.
My next milestone is all about the creative work — just keep writing like a madwoman, so I can keep publishing.
Careening around the streets like a madman (or madwoman) is both easy to do and deliciously destructive fun: huge jumps off tall hills net you bonus points as you slam wildly (and harmlessly) into semi-trucks while terrified pedestrians dive out of your way.
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