How to Use mankind in a Sentence
mankind
noun-
Not to mention the Thanos blip that erased half of mankind for five years.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Apr. 2022 -
One of the worst crimes of mankind is to falsely accuse.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Dec. 2021 -
King and his deeds will live on through time as what is best in mankind.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024 -
In the Bible, one of God’s first punishments of mankind.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 June 2022 -
The last thing mankind needs is broccoli from Deep Space.
— Joe Queenan, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022 -
Where corn, one of the planet’s greatest gifts to mankind, was born!
— Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 -
The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain.
— Vulture, 20 July 2023 -
The 1935 volcano air strike wasn't the last time mankind trained its weapons of war on nature.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2020 -
That’s three games for Gallo, three huge blasts for mankind.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2021 -
Because what's good for the goose is crucial for mankind.
— Steve Hartman, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2021 -
Obama came to town and helped rebuild our faith in mankind, and the strength of Boston.
— BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023 -
Here is the message of the British and American peoples to mankind.
— Nile Gardiner, National Review, 3 Mar. 2021 -
An encounter with the living God is the only hope for mankind.
— Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 30 July 2020 -
Texas is a sweet cat, who gets along with other cats but seems to have lost his trust of mankind.
— The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2020 -
What’s next on the road to solving one of mankind's oldest riddles?
— Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024 -
That's one small step for a man, one giant edit for mankind.
— Fox News, 4 Oct. 2019 -
However, their night of fun goes awry when they're forced to fight for the survival of mankind.
— Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2023 -
Much of the special is on YouTube, which is one of mankind's greatest consumers, or wasters, of time.
— Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 3 July 2021 -
Going to the moon, once a giant leap for mankind, now costs only $99.
— Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2021 -
Asked which poses the bigger threat to mankind, 35% said A.I., and 63% said humans.
— David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2021 -
The kinship between mankind and fowls of the air has long been expressed through music.
— Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2022 -
The book of Revelation says that in the end times a third of mankind will be killed from wars, famine, and disease.
— The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2020 -
The Founders cared a lot about the opinions of mankind, a word that appears three times in the Declaration.
— TIME, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Climate change has emerged as one of the gravest concerns facing mankind.
— Ajay Khari, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 -
The discoveries in the cave have been at the center of debates on the origin of mankind for over 70 years.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 July 2022 -
The victims, unlike wartime soldiers, are not dying at the hand of mankind.
— Chastity Pratt, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2020 -
The cheerful song sparkles with optimism about the future of mankind.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024 -
One small step for Big Pharma, one giant leap for mankind.
— Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 12 July 2022 -
The trauma makes Magneto want to destroy mankind once again, and only the X-Men can stop him.
— Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024 -
The title The Devil, Probably accounts for mankind’s failure.
— Armond White, National Review, 25 Sep. 2024
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