A week ago, Mother, I would have held such a thought sheer madness.

It would be sheer madness to give in to temptation.

Moving from the shade to the middle of the field seemed sheer madness.

It would be sheer madness to train our kids to go up against today's career criminals.

Oh God, all this was sheer madness, the product of a crazed mind!

But he recovered quickly enough, thinking: This is sheer madness.

For anyone wanting to fund these universities would sheer madness.

The sheer madness of my own position might set me off.

She felt as though it was sheer madness even to think of finding anybody in there.

The success of these popular shows was sheer madness.