How to Use the human condition in a Sentence
the human condition
noun-
This is a solemn place, where the human condition is laid bare.
— Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 27 July 2023 -
Murphy may not be the best judge of the human condition.
— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024 -
Grief is one of the great paradoxes of the human condition.
— Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024 -
But that’s the human condition, and that’s what is at Fallout’s gonzo heart: our propensity to fight, to maim, to kill.
— Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024 -
The Alexander story is very much one about the human condition.
— John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023 -
All the artists are just trying to tell an interesting story about the human condition and AI are not.
— Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023 -
These acts that exist in the human condition – from not picking up dog poo to killing your wife and everything in between.
— John Bleasdale, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024 -
These are kind of, like, permanent features of the human condition.
— Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024 -
Jerry Springer, whose tabloid talk show became a rowdy hit, dies at 79 But Springer came not to shed light on the lower depths of the human condition but to exploit it.
— Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023 -
Breaking out in inflamed bumps on your face now and then is an inevitable (but annoying) part of the human condition.
— Mark Hay, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024 -
And his book, packed with some of the more delightful and funny obituaries, is a tribute to the human condition.
— John Baldoni, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Luther, to me, is as enigmatic and crucial to the human condition as music itself.
— Kui Mwai, Essence, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Gabriel would harness his vocal gift and his ability to distill emotions core to the human condition into songs that have stood the test of time.
— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024 -
Read full article McCarthy’s fiction took a dark view of the human condition and was often macabre.
— Dwight Garner, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023 -
But the urge to face an uncertain future and procreate in the face of adversity is supposed to be part of the human condition.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023 -
The Comics pages should be a place where our readers can engage with societal issues, reflect on the human condition, and enjoy a few laughs.
— Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023 -
Like the exhibits at a niche medical museum, Yard Act have a knack for documenting the messier parts of the human condition.
— Jenessa Williams, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2024 -
The depth of the song’s impact lies in its acknowledgment of the human condition — our battles with life challenges that seem beyond our control.
— Rhett Power, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024 -
That’s the tragedy of the human condition, according to Lacan: constant alienation.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023 -
Yorgos sees what’s happened to the human condition and creates these predicaments.
— Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 25 June 2024 -
Fields and courts, rinks and rings, stadiums and billiards halls—all have been fertile grounds for filmmakers to explore the human condition.
— Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023 -
These two states are common to the human condition but rarely acknowledged at cocktail parties.
— Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024 -
The predominance of black on the runways seemed to acknowledge the human condition while at the same time showing us how the imagination can soar, even in times of sadness.
— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Antonio Hall, as the new center is known, is rapidly becoming known as a hub for research meant to improve the human condition.
— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Dissociation is a type of freeze or shutdown response that’s part of the human condition.
— Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Whereas most pop songs utilize at least a modicum of gloss to conceal the thirstiest elements of the human condition, this thing sounded like it was shot full of caffeine and truth serum.
— Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024 -
At the base of our consciousness, all a novelist is is somebody who's trying to explicate the human condition.
— Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 19 July 2023 -
The trend is to lead moviegoers away from films that grapple with the human condition, but that’s what gives Spaceman unexpected impact.
— Armond White, National Review, 8 Mar. 2024 -
The unflattering side of the human condition of greed and/or corruption has no boundaries.
— Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023 -
Praying for the dead is one way of wrestling with something mysterious in the human condition: the capacity for slaughter.
— Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
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