Sentence examples for sane definition from inspiring English sources

You're torturing him, by any sane definition of the term.

These two great nudes, one struggling heroically against the ropes binding him, the other dying in what appears to be ecstasy, stand in the Louvre in Paris, and by any sane definition they are among its treasures – the most exciting sculptures by Michelangelo anywhere outside Italy.

"By any sane definition, I was not".

By traditional measures of money and power, I was highly successful, but by any sane definition I was not living a successful life.

If our government demanded that all animals slaughtered for human consumption actually be healthy, by any sane definition of the word, and if that regulation was actually enforced, the slaughter industry would be brought to its knees.

It would be a subtler joke, and probably a funnier one, to have glossed definition 3 with "sane".

Commitment to a particular faith is by definition religious bigotry". The only sane strategy is to repudiate all those who claim to speak for God.

She said of the times when she was committed, "To remain sane in a bin is to defy its definition," she said.

Although Gingrich claims to be opposed to "radical Islamists," he is not using any definition of "radical" recognized by either a dictionary or sane people.

Startups are, by their very definition, optimistic ventures, often completely foolish ones that saner souls would be wise to steer clear of.

In fact, that's the job definition of a character actress: to appear a little bit kooky but to be possibly the sanest one in a group (viz. Thelma Ritter).