How to Use sane in a Sentence

sane

adjective
  • Leaving was the only sane option she had.
  • No sane person could do something so horrible.
  • One of the few things that kept me sane, my way of coping.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
  • My mom, sister, and true friends kept me sane in the chaos.
    Joy Woodson, Parents, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Here are three of her top gear picks for keeping sane and healthy in the fast lane.
    Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Purdue The first year for any new coach, much less the first game, shouldn’t mean a whole lot in a sane world.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • With no good answer, no sane lender would have lent against it.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The drink that is keeping me sane in this heat is the iced Bee Happy Latte.
    Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Play shows, make music and try to stay sane while doing it.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • After a full season, this is the gear that kept me sane, fit, and planted.
    Benjamin Tepler, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And, again, my lessons have been keeping me so sane over these past couple of years.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2021
  • At the end of the day, a makeup bag should keep you organized, happy, and sane!
    Ava Darrin, ELLE, 26 July 2022
  • The kids asked the courts to do the thing that Congress hadn’t: force the adoption of sane climate policy.
    John D. Sutter, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • Hence sprinting up and down the hotel hallway to stay sane.
    Sean Gregory/tokyo, Time, 7 Aug. 2021
  • But the sane consensus has had a hard time being heard.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • So, maybe the reading of the book was a little crazy-making too; these did not feel like the thoughts of a sane person.
    Olivia Messer, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2023
  • Texas mother of two Tayo Oredola says fitness has kept her sane.
    Essence, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The cubes have kept travelers sane through weeks of travel.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Big John makes the only sane decision of his life and opts to stay behind.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
  • What’s less obvious, or at least less sane, is why Clark hates Tyler so much.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Most days Twitter either ruins the day or keeps you sane.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021
  • After a two-week trial, he was found sane and guilty on all 15 murder counts.
    Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Certainly a risk, but now one that seems sane to take, versus pre-Covid.
    Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Why does any sane person know, say, what Ja’Marr Chase bench-presses?
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The best deer movement occurs when the temps make sane folk stick indoors; the snow and sleet comes sideways and the wind will chap your cheeks and crack your lips.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
  • As early as this month, a judge could determine whether Andrew was legally sane at the time of the killing.
    Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Here are the best presents for new parents that will keep them sane while keeping baby happy.
    Amanda Reed, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2023
  • This esteemed group managed to keep healthy and sane during this topsy turvy time.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2022
  • This provision starts us on a more sane and less expensive path.
    Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
  • What happened with the democratic debate that was more sane.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022

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