The phrase
"sheer insanity" means something that is completely crazy or absurd, without any logical explanation or reason.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«sheer»
«insanity»
Sentences with «sheer insanity»
- I was just in shock at there sheer insanity of this community. (nintendotoday.com)
- There are some good moments of sheer insanity littered throughout: the fast - motion shot of a speeding car; the explosion of tear gas into the streets; and a sequence where Dillinger breaks out of prison with a wooden gun painted black with shoe polish. (filmfreakcentral.net)
- Director Nicolas Winding Refn stages it as a kind of cinematic vaudeville and Hardy, a bald knot of muscle with a fastidiously groomed mustache, plays him with a gusto that verges on sheer insanity: violence as a form of performance art. (seanax.com)
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