How to Use human in a Sentence

human

1 of 2 adjective
  • She is a very kind and human person.
  • Everyone held hands and formed a human chain.
  • The assembly line was a human machine.
  • The dog's expression was almost human.
  • What would a human colony look like?
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This is-- this is half a human brain.
    Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • And for us, a human life is a human life.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The human toll is something none of us can bear.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But what if the next great astronomer isn't even human?
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • And so just being able to process that, from the human side.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Often the human hosts have no idea.
    NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The question is how far the human brain can stretch to keep up.
    Lana Zak, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The most beloved human being any of us were lucky enough to know in this life.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The project is the first new subsea human station of its kind.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This week could mark the beginning of a new era for human space flight.
    CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • And, just like human tech, pet tech is getting an upgrade.
    Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a very hopeful human trait buried in this data.
    Simon Rogers, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • Simply load up your blender with some of your dog’s favorite human foods.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • And yet none of the usual human chemistry stirred.
    Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • There is also a human layer built in.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • He's posted up at a bar with beers in front of him — ignore the human fists.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Let the model draft, then let the human edit.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • To share the inside joke of being human.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • For many viewers, the plot lines feel human, flawed and real.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And just the triumph of the human spirit.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There are camels in this movie that deserve higher billing than much of the human cast.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But the worst was the human suffering.
    Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • People are very scared of being human.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Some would allow raw milk to be sold for human consumption for the first time.
    Laura Ungar, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The predators that threaten us do not always come in human form.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025

human

2 of 2 noun
  • April is not just a tool for humans.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And that’s not just true for humans.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But there are humans at the heart of it.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
  • That humans around the world are all the same.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the part that takes a human.
    David Farinella, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • But humans are still very much on the menu.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
  • What work should humans still own?
    Maria Colacurcio, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Oh, and then there was that human who came along.
    Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Their humans can take one of the tennis balls home.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But this color isn’t just a show for humans.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The humans in this new loop aren't doing less.
    MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This is why human-in-the-loop fallback is key.
    Rishabh Chanana, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • But humans tend to read both as smiling.
    Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
  • The most durable things humans build are rarely owned by anyone.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Be aware that all parts of the plant are toxic to humans and pets.
    Molly Miller, housebeautiful.com, 8 June 2023
  • Now that's a movie where humans turn into aliens against their will.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rabbits are light, so what works for them may not hold up in humans.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The human's job isn't to proofread the agent's copy.
    Micha Hershman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • When their preferred hosts are not around, fleas can even bite humans.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Smears of the human on all glass, Child height, clouds of breath.
    Patricia Lockwood, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • No human had approved the change.
    Matthew Henick, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Why as the Dude and not as a real human?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Farther than any human had been.
    CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The pest does not pose a threat to humans or animals.
    Lizzie Kane june 18, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • The researchers grew neurons from mice and humans in the lab.
    New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025
  • This is an exercise best left to the humans.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Some of them can still be found in the intestines of modern-day humans.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
  • This model could make the web free for the humans again, Prince said.
    Samantha Elkins, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • The good news, Jesch says, is that humans can get better at this.
    Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 14 May 2026

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