DELIRIUM in a Sentence

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Prince Andrew wished to return to that former world of pure thought, but he could not, and delirium drew him back into its domain.

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 Meanings and Examples of DELIRIUM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
delirium
 n.  mental disorder marked by confusion
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  To her, it meant groans, delirium, death and smells.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  She began calling for Ashley, over and over, as if in a delirium until the hideous monotony gave Scarlett a fierce desire to smother her voice with a pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
3  He had the sallow malarial face of the south Georgia Cracker, pale pinkish hair and washed-out blue eyes which even in delirium were patient and mild.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
4  Certainly the language he used in his delirium was no less grammatical than that of the Tarleton twins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  One early evening she startled them by screaming, in an intense abdominal pain, and within half an hour she was in a delirium.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  The report of his undeniable delirium at sea was likewise popularly ascribed to a kindred cause.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
7  A deep, settled, fanatic delirium was in his eyes.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
8  There was the delirium that encounters despair and death, and is heedless and blind to the odds.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
9  Towards morning the fever had increased a little; there was slight delirium.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  Don't be surprised; that's not delirium yet.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  I was somewhat giddy from turning round so often; at moments it seemed to me that I was in delirium.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IV
12  Though he thought of everything, considered everything, and did everything the best of officers could do in his position, he was in a state akin to feverish delirium or drunkenness.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX
13  And his attention was suddenly carried into another world, a world of reality and delirium in which something particular was happening.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
14  "Oh, how oppressive this continual delirium is," thought Prince Andrew, trying to drive that face from his imagination.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
15  Prince Andrew wished to return to that former world of pure thought, but he could not, and delirium drew him back into its domain.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
Example Sentence:
1  In his delirium, the drunkard saw pink panthers and talking pigs.