I wonder what would happen to someone if they referred to the million man march as "crackbrained". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Rescuing Dessa at all was crackbrained enough; why make matters worse?. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Valiant]
"Anyway," I said, trying to head him off, "what's your latest crackbrained theory?". From Wordnik.com. [The Wind from The Sun]
For some reason I can take historical analyses of crackbrained Nazi or Soviet or Roman or American policies. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-10] Reference
According to Aubrey, the author was thought to be crackbrained, and lost much of his practice in consequence. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
The answer that occurred to her was good and logical, at least by the crackbrained logic the phouka swore by. From Wordnik.com. [War for the Oaks]
His operations in this direction were mostly limited to sending crackbrained letters to the Civil Governor in Manila from his. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
There are just too many of the archaic religions still around, as well as crackbrained ideas that have been long entrenched in custom. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
All the ledger and daybook men say we are crackbrained. From Wordnik.com. [A Dream of the North Sea] Reference
Which of your crackbrained Italian romancers is it that says. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since] Reference
Yes, everybody in this world is a little crackbrained, but at least I don't bore other people. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Of all the crackbrained, sentimental, outrageous chaps I ever met there's none of them comes up to a. From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise] Reference
People at court laughed at Teynagel and his mission, and Henry treated him as a crackbrained adventurer. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Why, wha but a crackbrained greenhorn wad hae let them keep up the siller that ye left at the Gordon Arms?. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XLIV] Reference
Nobody disputed it; or, if any one did, he was set down by the oracles of the vicinage as a crackbrained visionary. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries] Reference
That's one of 120 sail that we saw; multiply 120 by 20, and then you have the number of vessels that we must attend under this crackbrained scheme of ours. From Wordnik.com. [A Dream of the North Sea] Reference
But is it not a shame in the creature to encourage the delusion, and let himself be feted as a man of genius when he is only a 'crackbrained enthusiastic'?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
And then this lively crackbrained Scotch lawyer appears like a pantomime at the end of a tragedyAnd then how delightful it will be if Lucy gets back her fortune!. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter LI] Reference
She adored cynics and people who said piquant things, and it amused her to make her large tyrannous hand felt by the Squire's timid, crackbrained, ridiculous little sister. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
Mannering, who had stood at first uncertain whether to advance or retreat, now resolved to enter for the moment into the whim of the scene, though internally fretting at Mac-Morlan for sending him to consult with a crackbrained humourist. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XXXVI] Reference
A very various kind, and no bad epitome of the mind of a gallant and crackbrained coxcomb. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
Headstrong, insolently superior, aflame with crackbrained ambition, always convinced you’re right while I’m wrong.”. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
"It may be that this crackbrained rebellion of which the torch is already alight will, if it does no other good in England, at least make a widow of you. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress Wilding] Reference
"fancy" government, administered by crackbrained people, and likely to endanger property and the public credit, and that it must be abolished, what would the women and their "gentlemen friends" do?. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections and Comments 1865-1895] Reference
Earlier, when the seriousness of Ulla’s threat to him had finally sunk in, he had sought counsel from those aloof Salka shamans in the Dawntide Isles who had been cronies of his crackbrained father. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Pantagruel, use to drink for the thirst that’s past, for the present, and for that to come, so did Hercules; and being thus excessively raised, this gave new motion to the sky, which is that of titubation and trepidation, about which our crackbrained astrologers make such a pother. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
I saw a crackbrained little man. From Wordnik.com. [The Gulistan of Sa'di] Reference
It made a certain crackbrained sense. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Angel Rising - Dirk Flinthart] Reference
I love crackbrained comments like yours. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Word: McCain’s Foreign Trip - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He did scream - he screamed curses at the Algarvian wizards safe behind the line: "Them, you crackbrained whoreson arseholes!. From Wordnik.com. [Rulers of the Darkness]
` ` Poor, crackbrained Peter Goldthwaite!. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure] Reference
They would have called us crackbrained. ". From Wordnik.com. [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference
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