insane
Example Sentences
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Those stories are so real and it is insane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
She said: "Three decades is absolutely insane, to the point where I am literally riddled with endometriosis."
From BBC • Mar. 23, 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
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
Now he was holding up his bag like an insane Santa Claus, a ridiculous smile on his face.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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