How to Use humane in a Sentence

humane

adjective

• Conditions in the prison are more humane now.
• It's not humane to treat animals that way.
• In all fairness, the premise is one of the Farrellys’ more humane: The twins move to L.A.
  — Elle Carroll, Vulture, 20 May 2021
• This method, thought to be more humane, also keeps the fish firm.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Now, the dog, named Bright Eyes, is on the mend at the humane society.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
• Putting aside the specifics of this conflict, what is the humane way to deal with civilians in war zones?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
• No one should have to make that choice, and every seat should have a humane amount of space.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
• What redeems the film is the humane attempt to reach beyond the myth to access the man.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
• Still, a thinker as humane as Eliot surely has bright light to shed.
  — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• Now, is this the most humane way that we are addressed asylum?
  — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
• Even doing the eight shows a week is so much more humane than touring.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
• Some thanked the humane society for the update in the comments.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• Clarence was humane and fair and inspired love and respect from all who knew him.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• The dog’s name is Crouton, the humane society said in a Feb. 29 Facebook post.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
• Don’t confuse this term with a stamp of humane treatment.
  — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 3 May 2021
• Surely there’s a more humane way to solve this problem.
  — Anonymous, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2021
• At least 24 square feet: The amount of space each pregnant sow must have for the treatment of pigs to be treated as humane, as per Prop 12.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 May 2023
• But three pods on the fourth floor hold out hope for more humane and effective treatment.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2021
• Gray may have been a Modernist, but her designs were deeply humane.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• Bennet said the bill aims to make the process not just more humane for children, but more efficient, too.
  — Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• In every story, cats find ways to teach their humans to be – well, more humane.
  — Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
• That is Bobby at his very finest, his most humane, his most mature.
  — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2021
• In the meantime, research the most humane local shelter.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
• In the past half century, war waged by states has become more humane.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• This is war reporting at its finest, its most clear-eyed, its most humane.
  — Longreads, 6 Dec. 2022
• While the sheer number of executions in the U.S. has slowed to a trickle, the process has become less humane.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
• This would make the system much more efficient and humane.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2021
• Taylor added that the person living in the home told the humane society there were about 30 dogs on the premises.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
• The dog will serve a mandatory 10-day bite quarantine, the humane society said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
• The theory was that a smaller facility was more humane.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025