Used in a Sentence

sanity

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sanity.

Editorial note

Of course backward compatibility and plain sanity stop Java making such enforcements so the argument is that the functional languages maintain some strong advantages.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Reasonable and rational behaviour.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sanity gathered in one view.

noun

Reasonable and rational behaviour.

noun

The condition of being sane.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sanity.

noun

Reasonable and rational behaviour.

noun

The condition of being sane.

Example sentences

1

Of course backward compatibility and plain sanity stop Java making such enforcements so the argument is that the functional languages maintain some strong advantages.

2

There is never going to be total agreement (or even sanity) as long as that is the case.

3

We want to bring sanity back to lending and ensure that consumers get the value and service they deserve.

4

At first you pay people to sanity-check what the AI is ordering and doing, but they never notice any problems so eventually you cut costs by laying them off.

5

Always working - or, in other words, exercising your brain - is a must to keep your memories and sanity.

6

The person using a component should be able to readily tell what its requirements were and do a manual/automatic sanity check.

7

Add in an idea that would obviously be adopted everywhere, and the allure of a billion dollar idea overrides sanity checks.

8

Only someone deprived of all sanity and logic would assume that the censoring of certain words would prevent someone from being subject to abuse.

9

Your sanity / well being is more important than the company.

10

Until sanity returns to the American borders I'm sure they can do without my business.

11

And can forget about any type checking and programmer sanity.

12

We appreciate the input and sanity check.

Quote examples

1

He claims that this investment took place "without even the slightest sanity check" and that "no one is doing the hour’s worth of basic math".

2

The other the receiver does some sanity checking on it, like "you want me to go in P but I'm going at 65, yeah I don't think so" to even it's gotten common place for messages involving the brakes include a shared code back and forth.

3

Good idea "using SimpleDB for dumping a lot of important metrics data" and reminded me to install webrat, which I just did (people at a Merb Camp were raving about webrat) and from the github doc page, it looks like a good and easy way to sanity check that web apps are not broken.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sanity in a sentence?

Of course backward compatibility and plain sanity stop Java making such enforcements so the argument is that the functional languages maintain some strong advantages.

What does sanity mean?

Reasonable and rational behaviour.

What part of speech is sanity?

sanity is commonly used as noun.