insane

Example Sentences

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Yet Mr. Cook would have been insane to do otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“The network is insane because, at this point, everyone knows someone who is doing something,” Vital Lyfe COO Andrew Harner told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The self-confessed rap fan even threw in some hip-hop lyrics, declaring Iran's leaders to be, in the words of Cypress Hill, "insane in the brain."

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Grieving is also time to get angry and justified in your own insane behavior.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Still—though it would be insane, I knew, to mention it at that moment—it was possible that he had food poisoning or appendicitis or something.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt