… vainly endeavouring to master some task … which, to the addled brain of the crushed boy of nineteen, was a sealed and hopeless mystery. Charles Dickens
She was romantic, she was sentimental, she had a passion for little secrets and mysteries—a very innocent passion, for her secrets had hitherto always been as unpractical as addled eggs. Henry James
Recent Examples on the WebBut like most everything else in Blonde, the writer-director plays with the lines separating truth from paranoia, reality from addled nightmare. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 My addled brain is a whiz at gathering new recipes to try and instruments to learn. Jordan Mcmahon, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 Under its playful manner and some very funny side plots — one, in particular, involves the need to source crack cocaine for an addled actor — Assayas continues to explore what was at the heart of the 1996 movie.New York Times, 6 June 2022 The short fiction story revolves around an addled rock star dealing with the fallout of his infidelity driving his wife to kill herself shortly after their wedding. Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 18 Feb. 2022 There were five of them, moving in addled formation. Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 Even his addled brain comprehends that only one other creature on Earth understands his true nature. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Mar. 2021 The dual-density foam compound is seriously peppy yet still somehow forgiving enough for my addled ankle tendons. The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2021 Emily resists but soon joins in, the Nancy to his addled Midwestern Sid. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021 See More