insane

Example Sentences

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Richard Dreyfuss sculpting Devils Tower out of mashed potatoes should seem completely insane — and it kind of is.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“But there’s still tons of sweet spots where that’s not the case and where you can get insane value from your points and miles, especially when cash fares are really high.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

In another song about the absurd reasons why they have been deemed unfit for society, the girls drag out that old canard: “Sane in an insane world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The Devil Wears Prada actor added that it's "mathematically insane to imagine we are the only civilisation" and one of the film's key messages "is not to be afraid by what we don't know."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“What audacious criminal,” asked the magazine L’Illustration, “what mystifier, what manic collector, what insane lover, has committed this abduction?”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day