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The phrase "almost went insane" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a feeling of extreme frustration or stress that nearly leads to a loss of sanity.
Example: "After working long hours without a break, I almost went insane from the pressure."
Alternatives: "nearly lost my mind" or "was on the verge of insanity."
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"I almost went insane".
(When word got back to Hayworth, according to Orson Welles, her husband at the time, she "almost went insane, she was so angry").
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"It agonised her greatly and she nearly went insane".
So, I mean, I've worried about going insane.
Until a man went insane?
Then, at age 29, he went insane.
Another went insane and killed himself.
"We kind of went insane, weighing ourselves every day.
The game stopped for ages while the crowd went insane.
It promptly went insane.
Many of the prisoners went insane.
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