How to Use insane in a Sentence

insane

adjective

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Our rent would have gone up 33 percent, which is insane.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2022
• As Jost points out, the topic of infrastructure isn't as wild and insane as the Trump years.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024