Modifies a noun

• depression: About 1 in 100 adults will suffer from manic depression at some point in their lives.

• depressives: Do they have a Happy New Years Party at clinics for manic depressives?

• grin: Round the corner things looked more hopeful, till a manic grin from above accompanied by " Now chew on the horror flakes!

• Monday: On this anything but manic monday I've spent $ 2.50 on a coffee.

• episode: On average, an untreated manic episode will last around 6 months.

• preacher: Mark: What do you think of the manic street preachers?

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: Humorous fantasy is still a labor of love, albeit with a slightly manic turn at times.

• almost: We are, I would say, almost manic to make up for lost time in training our young people.

• totally: I'm totally manic I start to get scared I start to panic.

• rather: I would like to point out at this stage that you did see me on a rather manic high.

• too: Voodoo Extreme Veteran site that's a little too manic for my liking.

• little: I've been known to get a little manic without them.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The music is a bit disjointed and becomes ever more manic toward the end.

• get: Well, Megan ' s getting increasingly manic during the day.

• go: January 2006 | Category: Daily Stuff | Work's gone even more manic now.

• say: We pride ourselves on being creative, with great, some would say manic, attention to detail.

• look: We all got a chance to practice and looked slightly manic as all six of us scraped and hacked away at the snow banks.