How to Use insanity in a Sentence

insanity

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  • She was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
  • His friends thought his decision to quit his job was pure insanity.
  • Please, no more violence. It's time to stop this insanity.
  • Was the goal of the docu to open people’s eyes to this insanity?
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Of all the sequences, which one pushed you and your team to the brink of insanity?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Jimenez, 20 at the time of the killings, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But insanity is the name of the game in college sports today.
    — oregonlive, 15 July 2022
  • No wonder the Bay Area grew tired of this sort of insanity.
    — Fox News, 9 June 2022
  • He was found innocent by reason of insanity in the rest of the killings.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 June 2022
  • The pair pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity, a plea that was rejected by the jury.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • For business, 2022 has been a dizzying year, and the fourth quarter has only upped the ante on the insanity.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Brown entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in June.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The rest of the trailer shows Sheila on what might be the brink of insanity, constantly snapping at people and bathing in a tub of cookies.
    — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Miller has pleaded not guilty on the basis of insanity.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Brown is also seeking to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Wayne Baker, The Enquirer, 3 June 2022
  • In the last three months, the most notorious conflict of our time has reached new levels of insanity.
    — Amir Sommer, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Aside from the standard not-guilty plea, Du has also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but that was not a focus of the hearing.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • As the saying goes, the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
    — Yec, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • When a performer takes the stage in a skeleton suit, red gloves, and turquoise eyeliner, expect some sort of insanity to unfold.
    — Vulture, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Salazar's attorney has entered a plea of not guilty and a dual plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on his behalf.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Party Down’s comedic outlook lies where the old saw about insanity and doing the same over and over meets the inescapable cycles of these characters’ lives.
    — Erik Adams, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Unfortunately, a side effect of the drug is insanity, and soon the clever doctor goes on a rampage through town.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
  • The complete and utter insanity of our choice to live in a world where shootings of all kind and where, obscenely, school shootings, are routine.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Even the restaurant responded to Brooks’s post, confirming the insanity of his claim.
    — Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • People can be denied PreCheck for certain crimes, which extends to those who are found not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Michael Casey and David Koenig, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Stauch has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, The Denver Post reports.
    — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But there’s a fine line between insanity and brilliance, and THT, by boldly going where no man has gone before, has achieved the latter.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • There were actually two doors—one that led to the hallway and the insanity of the patient rooms beyond, and one that led to a bathroom that was shared with an adjoining call room.
    — Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In any event, the fallout from Sunday also reflects NFL insanity at work.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In January 2023, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024

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