half-demented

Willie (Tim Potter), her husband and audience of one, is a half-demented older man who leaves most of the talking to Winnie.

'Little Mermaid' 2008

Briere, totally unable to keep up the conversation, made the beauty of the night an excuse to be set down, and then rushed like one possessed to the seashore, where he stayed till past ten, in a half-demented state, walking hurriedly up and down, talking aloud in broken sentences, sometimes standing still or sitting down, without noticing the uneasiness of two custom-house officers who were on the watch.

Modeste Mignon 2007

No other friend had said anything of comfort to him that day of his love's interment, when he had been half-demented with pain and anger.

The Frozen Heart Cassidy, Laura 1995

Whether the letter got through or not depended on the whim of an 'absolutist and much feared, half-demented warden' (as Havel later described him to Karel Hvízdala [1]).

The Trial of Alyosha Malcolm, Janet 1990

A half-demented Negro pushed into his dingy office in Harlem, accused him of swindling his money, and fired four shots at him, wounding him slightly.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

A half-demented Negro pushed into his dingy office in Harlem, accused him of swindling his money, and fired four shots at him, wounding him slightly.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

A half-demented Negro pushed into his dingy office in Harlem, accused him of swindling his money, and fired four shots at him, wounding him slightly.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Yet he had come back to the place to help a frightened and half-demented youth readjust to the world, gently trying to lead him back to sanity.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

"Ah," he whispered, and the old warm, half-demented grin flicked suddenly at the corner of his lips again.

The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986

He managed the ghost of his old warm, half-demented smile.

The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986