: 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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There are scenes in the series where we are supposed to doubt Tom’s sanity a little bit.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2024
Although Washington’s alliance strategy was affordable during the Cold War, the Trump administration’s heavy-handed demand that U.S. allies assume greater costs does contain a kernel of sanity.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
After criticism about loopholes and schools not following the rules, the N.C.A.A. drops the sanity code, returning control over athletes’ aid to conferences and individual schools.
—Mark Shimabukuro, New York Times, 29 May 2024
For Knicks fans’ sanity, cross your fingers that those contrasts are enough to prevent the same fate.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2024
Although Washington’s alliance strategy was affordable during the Cold War, the Trump administration’s heavy-handed demand that U.S. allies assume greater costs does contain a kernel of sanity.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
After criticism about loopholes and schools not following the rules, the N.C.A.A. drops the sanity code, returning control over athletes’ aid to conferences and individual schools.
—Mark Shimabukuro, New York Times, 29 May 2024
For Knicks fans’ sanity, cross your fingers that those contrasts are enough to prevent the same fate.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
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“Sanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanity. Accessed 18 Jun. 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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