become insane

Example Sentences

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A planning department member, speaking to BBC Scotland in a personal capacity, said the situation had "become insane" regarding the number of issues raised over the plan.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

I refer to the large number of men who become insane or weak-minded in prison.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2018

I feel to reach the high pinnacle in anything you do, you must almost become insane to what you are doing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2015

"First Platoon had become insane," declared platoon-member Sergeant John Diem flatly.

From Time • Feb. 9, 2010

It has been argued, that, if the disease were hereditary, it ought uniformly to be so, and that the offspring of a mad parent should necessarily become insane.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John