: the quality or state of being sane
especially
: soundness or health of mind
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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After being wrongfully imprisoned in a mental asylum, an author is faced with a decision to surrender to insanity or fight for her sanity.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The game also has a new-to-the-series sanity meter, which drains when Hinako uses focus attacks that slow down combat to give Hinako an edge.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Since his earliest days making films, Francis Ford Coppola has been willing to risk it all — his reputation, perhaps even his sanity and certainly his finances — to make a project come to life.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Among the saddest scenes in literature is when the knight, on his deathbed, passes into sanity, with his faithful squire trying to still convince him of the fantastical nature of a reality that is anything but.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The game also has a new-to-the-series sanity meter, which drains when Hinako uses focus attacks that slow down combat to give Hinako an edge.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Since his earliest days making films, Francis Ford Coppola has been willing to risk it all — his reputation, perhaps even his sanity and certainly his finances — to make a project come to life.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Among the saddest scenes in literature is when the knight, on his deathbed, passes into sanity, with his faithful squire trying to still convince him of the fantastical nature of a reality that is anything but.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sanity
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“Sanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanity. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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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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