delirium

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We found her in the desert--dehydrated and delirious.

She was delirious with the DTs three days into alcohol withdrawal.

She was delirious and incoherent.

He's been suffering from hallucinations and delirium. Ranting and raving.  (source) Louis Sachar, Holes, 1998

What all did I say while I was delirious?  (source) S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, 1967

You all have a serious week ahead of you, and I can't have you planning if you're deliriously tired.†  (source) Kiera Cass, The Elite, 2013

It must have been one of those deliriums that go back to childhood.†  (source) Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy, 1986

Harding made a sign, indicating delirium.  (source) Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993

In extreme July temperatures becomes delirious.  (source) Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild, 1996

In the bed, Percy muttered deliriously in his sleep, "Ha, ha, ha."†  (source) Rick Riordan, The House of Hades, 2013

The balloon smile, the balloon rip was all-encompassing now as it wandered in deliriums to die in the meadows from which it had come, sinking down now beyond all the sleeping, ignorant and unknowing houses.†  (source) Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, 1962

After the better part of a week, Dad's delirium stopped, and he asked us to come talk to him in the bedroom.  (source) Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, 2005

He barely slept, he was so delirious with fever and pain.  (source) Tara Westover, Educated, 2018

She spun in circles, delirious with joy.

The first soldier did not see the bread—he was not hungry—but the first Jew saw it. His ragged hand reached down and picked a piece up and shoved it deliriously to his mouth.  (source) Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, 2005

Thomas scrambled to his feet and joined the other two in a group hug, almost delirious.  (source) James Dashner, The Maze Runner, 2009

And then from the centre of the delirious fury came a cry of agony and shouts of horror.  (source) Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, 1958

…the general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium that if the crowd could have got their hands on the 2,000 Eurasian war-criminals who were to be publicly hanged on the last day of the proceedings, they would unquestionably have torn them to pieces —  (source) George Orwell, 1984, 1949

We should have all been delirious that she'd moved out of the basement.  (source) Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, 2007

In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this sub-human chanting of 'B-B! … B-B!' always filled him with horror.  (source) George Orwell, 1984, 1949

Foothill's band was playing their fight song over and over; their fans were delirious; their entire team had poured into the end zone to swarm the cornerback who'd scored the touchdown.  (source) Carl Deuker, Gym Candy, 2007

John Wilkes Booth saw all of this — the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders.  (source) James L. Swanson, Chasing Lincoln's Killer, 2009

Estha, delirious with joy, jumped on Velutha, wrapped his legs around his waist and kissed him.  (source) Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, 1997

The way her hair was soft around her ears made my stomach landslide with a strange, delirious emotion.  (source) Victor Martinez, Parrot in the Oven, 1996

I snort with glee, delirious with excitement.  (source) Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, 2007

Uncle Al is delirious, standing in the center of the hippodrome track with his arms and face raised, basking in the coins that rain down on him.  (source) Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, 2007