Sentence examples for delusional father from inspiring English sources

By Hugh Seidman The New Yorker, April 22 , 2002P. 184 Once-my delusional father.

The New Yorker, April 22 , 2002P. 184 Once-my delusional father.

He has stiff competition from veteran actor Bruce Dern as a cantankerous and delusional father in "Nebraska".

The obsession disrupts his family life, which is illustrated in an iconic, emotional dinner scene where he sculpts that mysterious shape, revealed to be Wyoming's Devils Tower, into a pile of mashed potatoes while his children silently cry for their delusional father.

This is the central dilemma of Being Flynn, which is adapted from the celebrated memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, and tells the true story of how Nick Flynn (played by Paul Dano) started working in a homeless shelter, became a drug addict, and reconnected with his delusional, absent father, Jonathan (played by Robert De Niro), when he became a resident at Nick's shelter.

Arnold shows us that what makes the relationship between Mia and Connor so transgressive is not their obvious sexual attraction but their quite genuine, if thwarted and delusional longing to be father and daughter.

And although even as a boy I sensed my father was both delusional and a liar, his performances — where we'd go, what we'd do, how we'd make it — were inspirational.

All would have been dwarfed by an £8m bequest to the Conservatives by the late pharmaceuticals mogul Branislav Kostic in 2005, but his son successfully contested the will by arguing that his father had been delusional when it was drawn up.

Father Dom pleads with Bobby, calling him delusional and accusing him of insufficient reverence for life, and Bobby answers every objection with frightening clarity.

To be fair, we've heard this song before and should be well aware that she is very much her father's daughter, complete with the same delusional relationship with the truth.

The summary revealed that Ben's father had experienced mental health problems for two years and suffered delusional and paranoid symptoms.