sane

[US]/seɪn/
[UK]/seɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. mentally healthy; having a normal state of mind; sensible, rational.

Example Sentences

He is a very sane person.

He was sane at the time of the murder.

Jim is not mad; he is as sane as any other normal person.

I don't think a sane person would drive as dangerously as he did.

She seemed a sane, well-balanced sort of person.

By declaring him sane, the jury implied that he had a moral sense.

Craniology, phrenology and eugenics, once-respectable fields of endeavour that are now regarded with a shudder, may shriek from time to time, but few sane people pay attention to them.

Real-world Examples

One thing that kept me sane while I was in solitary confinement was reading.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2015 Collection

We aren't sane enough to be in relationships.

Source: Listening Digest

He's not sane enough to judge anything.

Source: Sleepless in Seattle Original Soundtrack

I'm finally feeling sane. And if I go up there...

Source: Friends Season 3

I think being Paul was harder. He was sane, I'm sane, no four days at Disneyland there.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

We're not entirely sane or well, but none of us are.

Source: Scientific World

The court judged the man sane and therefore responsible for his acts.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Yet, for most of his life he was completely sane.

Source: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Grade 11 Second Semester

Right now, you're my sanest relative.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

When you were on the Wanderer's train, Aife was sane.

Source: Lost Girl Season 05

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