INSANE in a Sentence
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67 example sentences for INSANE, such as:
1. He advised his client to plead insanity.
2. Society was terrible because it was insane.
3. In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
4. He has an insane desire to finish that foolish thing.
5. Some people simply can't take it and they just go insane.
2. Society was terrible because it was insane.
3. In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
4. He has an insane desire to finish that foolish thing.
5. Some people simply can't take it and they just go insane.
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Meanings and Examples of INSANE
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insane
a. very foolish
a. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1 There was fighting at Jonesboro--that much Atlanta knew, but how the battle went no one could tell and the most insane rumors tortured the town.
2 Then the black hand fumbled between her breasts, and terror and revulsion such as she had never known came over her and she screamed like an insane woman.
3 And I was drunk and insane and I wanted to hurt her--because she had hurt me.
4 Mine wore out," he went on, "against Ashley Wilkes and your insane obstinacy that makes you hold on like a bulldog to anything you think you want.
5 She sounded hysterical to herself; she fancied that to Sam Clark she sounded insane.
6 He was known as "The Red Swede," and considered slightly insane.
7 Only an insane contortion of spelling could portray his lyric whine, his mangled consonants.
8 There seemed but little in the words, but the tone conveyed more of deep helpless sadness than the insane old man had ever before evinced.
9 The man became insane; he stood over me, choking me with one fist and beating me in the face with the other, hissing and chuckling and letting out a flood of abuse.
10 So he displayed the zeal of an insane sprinter in his purpose to keep them in the rear.
11 The men scampered in insane fever of haste, racing as if to achieve a sudden success before an exhilarating fluid should leave them.
12 Upon the reading of this letter, I made sure my colleague was insane; but till that was proved beyond the possibility of doubt, I felt bound to do as he requested.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
13 Society was terrible because it was insane.
14 Like many insane people, his insanity might be measured by the things he was not aware of the great desert tracts in his consciousness.
15 And then she felt as if she too were going blank, just blank and insane.
Example Sentence:
1 And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
2 For the last ten years of his life he was clinically insane.
3 Some people simply can't take it and they just go insane.
4 He has an insane desire to finish that foolish thing.
5 Only an insane person could perpetrate such a horrible crime.
6 I hope the country is finally turning a corner where common sense will once again prevail over the insanity of the last 30 years.
7 He tried to simulate insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.
8 She's never ever getting out of jail unless she can prove temporary insanity, which is highly unlikely given her actions.
9 To Horace, the satirist is a refined man who sees stupidity and insanity everywhere, but is moved to gentle laughter rather than to rage.
10 He advised his client to plead insanity.
11 The legal concept of insanity is of a different nature from the medical.
12 The court acquitted Campbell on the grounds of temporary insanity.
13 In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.