How to Use humanize in a Sentence

humanize

verb

• They promised to humanize conditions at the company.
• The new publicity has helped to humanize the corporation's image.
• These stories humanize the person in the hospital bed and may protect against physician burnout.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• Some future-shock stories forget to fully humanize their characters in service of the big idea; not this one.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• But the bravery of women telling their personal stories helped humanize the movement.
  — Jennifer Duggan, Marie Claire, 15 May 2018
• Back stories, with all their tension and grit, have a way of humanizing us, and mothers weren't allowed to be fully human.
  — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 11 May 2018
• Use personal anecdotes to connect with your audience and humanize your brand.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• LeFlouria said the exhibits humanize memories of those usually only thought in a narrow way as victims.
  — Mike Cason, AL.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Using a series of personal profiles woven throughout the book, Farrow humanizes those caught in the maelstrom.
  — Barbara K. Bodine, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2018
• These meager efforts to humanize them further in a couple shots does little to improve their platitudinous conception.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
• Yet the film also seeks to humanize Godard the director by capturing the strain on his relationship with Wiazemsky.
  — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• On an individual level, each artist opening up earnestly about their struggles and imperfections is important, and helps to humanize these idol-like humans.
  — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2018
• Nico Lang’s American Teenager humanizes the children who bear the brunt of anti-trans legislation.
  — James Factora, Them, 7 Oct. 2024
• The iron canopy bed from RH helps humanize the scale of the room.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
• The baddie has to have something humanizing in him, and the hero has to have some flaws.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• So embrace your unique voice and use it as a tool to build trust and humanize your brand.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• Catherine doesn’t know how to make the nobles humanize the serfs.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Strater says one of the primary goals of @UFWUpdates is to humanize and to give a voice to the farmworkers.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• George Floyd's girlfriend took the stand to humanize him and give depth to his life story.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2021
• The flaws are part of the man, and Eig sees humanizing King as a crucial mission.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• For instance, the gang of kids helps humanize the conflict and show that Doan left Zeon to protect and care for them.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• Our goal is not to glamorize it, but to try and humanize it.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 June 2022
• My job was to humanize the data — to go out and tell the stories of the people living with what the data shows.
  — Libby Peterson, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020
• Still, our desire to humanize the cosmos, to find meaning in the chaos of the stars, seems to be permanent.
  — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 28 June 2019
• And his love-hate rapport with the hero of the show, Timothy Olyphant’s Raylan, is the heart and soul of the show, humanizing both of them.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
• Bringing in Jake was a way to humanize Bell and to make the season all about family for him.
  — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• The movie clearly wants to humanize this former figure of ridicule, but can’t seem to find the dimensions or the means to do it.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
• Those charged with taking care of the widget try to humanize it, but the system constrains them.
  — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020
• Huseman fell back on job figures and dollar signs, but there wasn’t enough to humanize the project.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
• The scene somehow humanizes Joel, while still making your heart break for Midge.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2018

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024