Sentence examples for lunatic act from inspiring English sources

"But it is worth trying to understand what is happening, rather than saying it's the lunatic act of one man.

It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on.

Lunatics and idiots were administered separately by the Lord Chancellor under his two prerogatives; the appeal under the King's prerogative went directly to the King, and under the Lands of Lunatics Act to the House of Lords.

The Trial of Lunatics Act 1883 was the next development in the law, allowing the jury to return a verdict that the defendant was guilty, but insane at the time, and should be kept in custody as a "criminal lunatic".

Second, my husband and I both had to make a conscious choice not to yell, scream, behave like lunatics, or otherwise act out the anger that our daughter was hiding.

Though a sensible sales gimmick today, this was an act of lunatic delusion in 1843, when the market for bound books was small, and the market for Christmas did not exist.

But questioning these values is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries.

Or, as British economist Tim Jackson puts it, "Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries".

We've been able to turn up in random places and act like lunatics and … nobody seems to mind!" He goes on to say that he needs to pace himself "on every level" to make sure the whole thing continues without a hitch, but I'm not sure all that much pacing is in the equation when we hit the rehearsal rooms in Leeds and the beers/red wine flows in abundance.

It makes me angry because they call themselves Republicans but they act like lunatics.

He was later one of the founders of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society and acted as their honorary secretary for about twenty years.