sanity
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sanity
Synonyms
daylights, head, marbles, mind, reason, saneness, wit(s)
Antonyms
dementia, derangement, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, unreason
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When the intelligence expanded, mostly through aerial and satellite surveillance, sanity returned. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?," 26 Aug. 2019 His lawyers declined comment after Thursday’s sanity verdict. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Man dubbed ‘Boy Next Door Killer’ found sane by jury," 22 Aug. 2019 Using the Mind Eye ability slowly drains Reed’s sanity which appears as a blue bar on the screen. — Christopher Byrd, Washington Post, "‘The Sinking City’ sets a mood but struggles to go anywhere from there," 28 June 2019 Fortunately, sanity has prevailed and goalkeepers won’t be penalized for encroachment on penalty kicks, which threatened to turn the knockout rounds into a fiasco. — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, "Opinion: Two weeks in at World Cup, USWNT among winners, while FIFA remains a huge loser," 21 June 2019 No Yankee, though, did more damage to Baltimore (and to Gary Thorne’s sanity) than Gleyber Torres. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "14 Mind-Boggling Stats Behind the Yankees' Season-Long Destruction of the Orioles," 15 Aug. 2019 Emma Grey Ellis reports on a new paper analyzing misogynistic subreddits: The most salient findings will be a sanity check for many women who spend time online. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "The White House social media summit was full of hypocrisy — and comedy," 12 July 2019 The most salient findings will be a sanity check for many women who spend time online. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "Reddit’s ‘Manosphere’ and the Challenge of Quantifying Hate," 10 July 2019 Clark seems more willing to explore creative avenues to return sanity to the longball. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, "MLB commissioner Rob Manfred insists league isn't juicing the balls – so where do we go from here?," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sanity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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