How to Use humanity in a Sentence
humanity
noun- She was cut off from the rest of humanity.
- He's taking courses in both the sciences and the humanities.
- We appealed to his sense of humanity.
- These discoveries will be of benefit to all humanity.
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The amulet lying at the center of the plot brings all of that humanity, good, bad, and in between, to the forefront.
— David James, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023 -
This is against all rules, against all rules of humanity, against all rules of war, against all rules of peace.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023 -
All these two shared was a love for humanity, a love for each other, and, of course, a love for Bon Jovi.
— Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 July 2024 -
Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Being sick has slowed me down enough to catch glimpses of my humanity and what the future may hold.
— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2024 -
Elon Musk and tech leaders called for AI ‘Pause’ over risks to humanity.
— Alex Wood, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Taylor Swift’s songs have conjured Swifties out of the mass of humanity.
— Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024 -
In the painting, the artist contends with the scope of humanity’s relationship with, and impact on, the sea.
— Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023 -
But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.
— Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024 -
McDowell sees a few ways to frame the story thus far of humanity in space.
— Jaime Green, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023 -
But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some tense, chaotic, and even some flashing touches of humanity in the process.
— Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024 -
That’s a question the humanities equip a student to ask and explore.
— Nicole Laporte, Town & Country, 2 May 2023 -
Want to know more about humanity’s next giant leap in space?
— Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024 -
That’s when all the shoving starts, with Hurts almost inevitably emerging from the mass of humanity with a first down.
— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023 -
For Eliot’s gaze is fixed not on the heavens above but on the specimens of humanity before her.
— Anna Mundow, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023 -
This places focus on the things of morality more so than the things of basic humanity.
— Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024 -
When Africa was recognized as the site of humanity’s origin, this came at a cost.
— Stefanos Geroulanos, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2024 -
The arts and humanities took a big hit during the pandemic.
— Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023 -
This time, the sarcasm was all but gone, leaving only the humanity.
— Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023 -
Not everyone is ready yet to get back into the tangle of humanity at the grocery store.
— oregonlive, 20 June 2023 -
Yi was successful and saved humanity, and to thank the hero, the moon gods gave the archer two elixirs granting him everlasting life.
— Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 -
In many ways, Beaver said, the moment represented the best of humanity.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2023 -
But rather than viewing the end of mankind as the end of the world, Shelley examines the extinction of humanity on an Earth that keeps on living.
— Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024 -
To study only someone’s success or failure is to deny them the fullness of their humanity.
— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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