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.
  • The whole thing is kind of insane.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • That man and words are just insane.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The smell of ketchup drives me insane.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Lots of wires, lots of insane stunts.
    — Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • The events were the stuff of an insane movie.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Your day-to-day life would be insane!
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Like, dude, the views from the top are insane.
    — Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That would be an insane way to handle the show.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Can a show be heartfelt and insane at the same time?
    — Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Every day was just so hot, and the bugs were insane.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • This is an insane thing to tell someone.
    — Ryan O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
  • That, for a lack of better words, is insane.
    — Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • And that was like an insane amount of money to me at that time.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Guy is insane in three-on-threes and doing sprints.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Each story was more insane than the last.
    — Charlie Wells, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As in, that is an insane amount of foresight, even for this guy.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
  • But Sean Penn was so out there and insane.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Housing prices are insane in many large cities where young adults want to live.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Chief among those things is just how insane getting this thing off the ground was.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And there is insane, crazy humor.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This is why this insane show works, and why there’s been so little cast turnover.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That’s an insane thing to believe.
    — Holly Gleason, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • That would be insane—but don’t rule it out with this crowd if prices keep rising.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Your ability to come up with stuff on the fly is insane.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Based on a true story that almost seems too insane to be true.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 15 July 2022

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