How to Use insane in a Sentence

insane

adjective
Definition of insanenext
Synonyms for insanenext
  • She likes to drive at insane speeds.
  • He had an insane look in his eyes.
  • She was insane with jealousy.
  • He had this insane idea that he could get rich by selling old computers.
  • The murderer was found to be criminally insane.
  • To get five Olympic golds is insane, and now that’s the bar.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2021
  • And that was like an insane amount of money to me at that time.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Here’s how insane the comeback was for the Warhawks (5-0).
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The schedules are insane and the pay isn’t nearly enough.
    — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • As in, that is an insane amount of foresight, even for this guy.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
  • The jury ruled that at the time of the incident Michael Barisone was insane.
    — CBS News, 17 Sep. 2022
  • And then going to Montana with the freezing cold and the wind was insane.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2021
  • How can Christopher Nolan make the cast of his next movie even more insane?
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The amount of work that prisons get out of inmates is insane.
    — Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • The ending is insane, and so is the beginning, and the middle.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Chief among those things is just how insane getting this thing off the ground was.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And for those countries to be in conflict like this is insane to me.
    — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
  • All the trouble our kids go through to travel back and forth is insane.
    — cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021
  • But the mental part of needing it now drives you insane.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • For most of these bad boys, the paths that have been plotted are truly insane.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 17 July 2021
  • The premise tied to the toy that was pocket-sized took off and drew insane selling numbers.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The fact that women are losing the rights to our own bodies, that’s insane.
    — Shirley Ju, Variety, 27 June 2022
  • And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music...
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2022
  • That would be insane—but don’t rule it out with this crowd if prices keep rising.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Housing prices are insane in many large cities where young adults want to live.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • As insane as this looks, this is more than just the whistle going against Phoenix.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
  • That movie was insane, in a Rocky Horror Picture Show kind of way.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • But her cool blade was a nice touch, a nice accessory, and the bikes were insane.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Just seeing someone being there, every single day, in and out, in Year 20 … like that’s insane.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • This was a phenomenal debut for Vikingo, who broke out high-flying moves that were insane even by AEW’s standards.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023

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