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Discover LudwigThe phrase "half insane" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is not completely insane, but displays traits or behaviors that could be considered as such. Example: "The old man was known for his half-insane ramblings and erratic behavior, yet many believed he possessed a certain wisdom that only the truly mad could understand."
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Many people are half insane.
And I am really half insane With how much I love LeBron James.
Working on Macbeth, he drove his librettist half insane with demands that he stick close to Shakespeare.
The legendary head of counterintelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency, James Jesus Angleton, was driven half insane by the job.
"I reckon they [The Beatles] were feeling half insane and very frazzled, probably a bit deaf and in need of a few drinks I should imagine.
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She is author of "Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom," published by Little Brown in 2010.
As well as Suicide Squad, the other much-hyped 2016 debut is 20th Century Fox's foul-mouthed, half-insane Deadpool, currently getting rave reviews from early audience screenings.
Still, I did cleverly post on my Facebook page, "74 again today; no relief in sight," a comment that some of my friends, driven half-insane by the heat, failed to find amusing.
Early in 1782 a rebellion in the capital against the half-insane Taksin brought him back from campaigns in Cambodia to assume the throne of Siam on April 6.
He finds redemption in helping Parry Robin Williamss, above), his indirect victim, who has been left homeless and driven half-insane by loss, in this film from Terry Gilliam.
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