insane

Example Sentences

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But they were also about to prove that they were already better than most humans at making sense of a tournament known for being completely insane, as Ben Cohen and Andrew Beaton write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

And the core of that story, a man falsely imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit and eventually driving him insane, is unfortunately pretty evergreen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Another added: "It would be insane to challenge the patient."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

When the Islamic revolution happened in 1979, they said, This is an insane system, a monarchy, that the son of the current guy is the person who’s going to rule until he dies.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

They didn’t want her shut into one of those places for the insane, so they paid for her to stay in the children’s ward of a big hospital.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall