sane people

collocation in English

meaningsofsaneandpeople

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sane
adjective
uk
/seɪn/us
/seɪn/
having a healthy mind and not ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈpiː.pəl/us
/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofsaneandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsane people

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He considers these wishes normal and such as would be avowed by many perfectlysanepeople.
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Clearly not, but most ordinary,sanepeoplehave no choice, given the busyness of their lives, but to accept the opinions of ' experts ' on many issues.
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Asanepeoplewould insist on ruling and governing themselves.
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I put it as high as that, because these people are perfectlysanepeople.
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I am sure that allsanepeoplewill agree that we must never give way to such blackmailing campaigns.
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What happened to the conscientious objectors who appear to have been the onlysanepeople?
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However, the majority ofsanepeoplebelieve that it is better for fish to be in the water when they go fishing.
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The price of peace for allsanepeopleto-day is a trifle.
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We all agree with that, yetsanepeopleon both sides are engaged in that insanity.
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My fellow countrymen are not only a verysanepeople, but they are a very just people.
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They were, apparently, the onlysanepeoplein the universe.
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What shadow of evidence is there that the reasonablysanepeopleof the country are in the least impressed when we go on in that way?
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If we set about this matter assanepeople, we could prevent the attaching of street to street and town to town until all becomes one mass.
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Psychiatric confinement ofsanepeopleis a particularly pernicious form of repression.
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There are thousands of young artists who didn't get a look in, presumably because their work was too attractive tosanepeople.
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It brings us too near to the things that wesanepeopledo not like to think of.
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Another indictment of male power - the women are seen as the only balanced,sanepeoplein the group, while the men constantly fall victim to stupidity and violence.
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