Word Finder - sane

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Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

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a sane mind

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Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.

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a sane person

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Rational; reasonable; sensible.

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Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.

In sane moments we regard only the facts, the case that is.

With thinking we may be beside ourselves in a sane sense.

She wasn't sure she'd keep sane, if she considered all the bad things that might happen.

In fact the book has an entirely sane motivation.

Some vaguely sane part of her mind protested that it was a cowardly thing to do, but panic had the upper hand.

No sane person chooses these for what they know is false.

The former British champion Bill Hartston said that " chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane " .

I shall particularly remember an apparently sane ITN news reporter who once spent 52 hours attempting a 3-way crossing of the Channel.

Fresh Start Sally, however, never felt more sane.

An orator who cannot say anything plainly or calmly will scarcely look sane.

On the 10th of June 1904 he addressed a meeting of the Liberal League at the Queen's Hall, London, and sketched, a programme of "sane and practical Imperialism"; but he irritated the Home Rulers by again repudiating a parliament in Dublin, and he perplexed the public generally by his adverse criticism on the popular Anglo-French Agreement, which he was the only English statesman to oppose, on the ground of its handing over Morocco to France.

Now they seem like the voice of a sane man amidst a vast faded violence.

On the other hand, the feelings of sane human beings are always to some degree thoughtful.

Surely these are not the processes of a sane mind?

Read Philip Roth and be glad that there are sane voices over there.

I was afraid of being in four walls for a long time; I couldn't imagine myself staying sane in there.

I read the paper in the sun and check on wiki - seems sane at the moment.

Owed to a Job I guess I'm hooked, I need you to keep sane.

There is a continuing wrangle between mental health charity Sane and the Department of Health about funding for the helpline Saneline.

Practically all hedonists have argued that what are known as the "lower" pleasures are not only ephemeral in themselves but also productive of so great an amount of consequent pain that the wise man cannot regard them as truly pleasurable; the sane hedonist will, therefore, seek those so-called "higher" pleasures which are at once more lasting and less likely to be discounted by consequent pain.

Would you care to tell me the rest of the world is sane.

The opportunity 's not going to come up twice in any reasonably sane person 's lifetime.

The former British champion Bill Hartston said that " chess does n't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane ".

No sane society would ever allow the Lord of the Flies party a say in who runs the country.

I was afraid of being in four walls for a long time; I could n't imagine myself staying sane in there.

Owed to a Job I guess I 'm hooked, I need you to keep sane.

On being sane in insane places Yes, we all feel like this at some time or another.

They also offer "safe and sane" fireworks, which are the only fireworks allowed by some states.

No one ever bought an old house as an investment -- at least no sane person ever did.

Although a string of chasing lights installed around the bathroom mirror with a chubby Santa on the back of the commode is a fun way to bring the holidays into every part of your home, make sure to keep the holiday cheer safe and sane.

Use them routinely before the holidays and during the stressful times, it will calm you enough to help you feel re-energized and sane.

I am sane today although some may differ on that opinion.

Why she does it, no sane person will ever know, but it seems that Tila caused a tiny bit of a stir announcing that she was pregnant.

Tequila really likes to joke about being pregnant (again, most sane people really can't figure that one out), back in May, she also claimed she was once again pregnant.

That way you can stay sane and he won't have to worry about you trying to change him.

Maybe you need a hint of summer in your life to keep you sane and remind you of a vacation to come, or happen to love that chocolate-colored shirt with your black gauchos.

This is a suggested schedule for normal, sane gym enthusiasts merely looking for that nice sixpack outline.

Humans have never met totally sane puppeteers, since allowing others to know the location of their homeworld strikes them as the ultimate foolhardiness.

The liberty of the press not unfrequently degenerated into licence, and sane liberalism was often replaced by socialistic dreaming.

The number of sane paupers declined steadily and markedly from 1863 to 1904.

Can he be thought sane who offers the light of lamps and candles to the Author and Giver of all light?"

But now his brain seemed to be turned by successindeed his wild language at times seemed to argue that he was not wholly sane.

Lothair took Italy, the valleys of the (843) Rhone, the Sane and the Meuse, with the two capitals of the empire, Aix-la-Chapelle and Rome, and the title of emperor.

In order to retake it Henry ceded the beautiful valley of the Sane and the Rhne to the German emperor Conrad, and henceforth the kingdom of Burgundy was, like Lorraine, to follow the fortunes of Germany.

While part of me remained curious, the sane part was apprehensive about the direction this quest was taking us.

Even the worst of sinners are not amoral animals and perfectly sane people can be extremely wicked.

John and Olga, the proprietors of Glencroft, also did a sterling job of keeping us warm, fed and sane.

The sane people among us would see that the least used keyboard led is Scroll Lock.

Ridley also has an eminently sane attitude to the ferocity of past arguments about the relative influences of nature and nurture.

The opportunity's not going to come up twice in any reasonably sane person's lifetime.