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sane

[seyn] / seɪn /


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Al is living a very sane, quiet life in the Northeast now.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

In a sane world he would provide answers that could facilitate greater understanding of his actions and motivations, and how he believes those actions will benefit the American people.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

It signaled to voters he was mainstream, sane, strong and unafraid of a fight.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

A public interest firm willing to carry the case without charge, because no sane person spends airplane money in legal fees to recover an airplane.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

But to me, it felt like the only sane choice.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Before long the two young servants, superior to and saner in every way than their self-absorbed and snobbish employers, are chastely courting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Before her faceoff with Trump, Kelly was known as one of the saner, smarter voices at Fox News—a notable if not breathtaking accomplishment.

From Slate May 6, 2026

It’s a concept borrowed from restaurant service — those end-of-night tasks that set you up for a smoother, saner start the next day — and it immediately appealed to me.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2026

Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work result in her consignment to Salpetrière, a much-dreaded place for the mentally afflicted, where the cruel guards may or may not be saner than the inmates.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

They’d brought so little money that he’d gone on taking mindless jobs like this one at the warehouse, and he’d gone on writing—unreasonably, against the advice of saner people.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

“The sanest way forward — you have to learn how to split yourself up into other selves, like an earthworm,” her mentor advised her years earlier, when she was about to graduate.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2022

And they remind us that sometimes the sanest means of processing sorrow and fear is to find ways to joke about them.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2021

“Having a therapist has taught me to be less cruel to myself. It’s not like therapy has made me the world’s sanest person; it’s just made me slightly less insane.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 14, 2021

In this, Satie was the sanest of eccentrics.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2020

He tottered across the roof tiles, spraying his fig trees like it was the safest, sanest procedure in the world.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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