1
: marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
humane prison guards
a more humane way of treating farm animals
2
: characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : humanistic
humane studies
humanely
adverb
Examples of humane in a Sentence
It's not humane to treat animals that way.
Conditions in the prison are more humane now.
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Did those societies became more humane or more resilient?
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Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The humane society is in the mountain town of Boone, a roughly 85-mile drive west from Winston-Salem.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Colorado's law protecting young people from unscientific and cruel gay conversion therapy practices is humane, smart and appropriate.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The outbreak comes after the humane society returned to a sense of normalcy following a spike in canine admissions that cost the shelter nearly $100,000 in non-budgeted expenses, according to The Baltimore Sun.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The humane society is in the mountain town of Boone, a roughly 85-mile drive west from Winston-Salem.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Colorado's law protecting young people from unscientific and cruel gay conversion therapy practices is humane, smart and appropriate.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The outbreak comes after the humane society returned to a sense of normalcy following a spike in canine admissions that cost the shelter nearly $100,000 in non-budgeted expenses, according to The Baltimore Sun.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humane
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“Humane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humane. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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