: the quality or state of being sane
especially
: soundness or health of mind
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Examples of sanity in a Sentence
People have begun to doubt his sanity.
She is the mother of six children but somehow keeps her sanity.
The sanity of the decision was never in question.
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In an 8-1 opinion yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court injected some sanity back into the runaway train that has been its recent firearms jurisprudence by ruling that domestic abusers can indeed be barred from possessing guns under federal law.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
The project pushed him to the brink of his sanity and financial means.
—Zachary Crockett, thehustle.co, 7 June 2024
The data from the chlorine isotopes were a bit noisy, so were largely used as a sanity check for the ones obtained from sulfur isotopes.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2024
Specifically, Andrea was brought in to testify at her own sanity hearing, during which she was meant to burst into tears.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
The project pushed him to the brink of his sanity and financial means.
—Zachary Crockett, thehustle.co, 7 June 2024
The data from the chlorine isotopes were a bit noisy, so were largely used as a sanity check for the ones obtained from sulfur isotopes.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2024
Specifically, Andrea was brought in to testify at her own sanity hearing, during which she was meant to burst into tears.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sanity
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“Sanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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sanity
noun
san·i·ty
ˈsan-ət-ē 
: the quality or state of being sane
Medical Definition
sanity
noun
san·i·ty
ˈsan-ət-ē
plural sanities
: the quality or state of being sane
especially
: soundness or health of mind
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