How to Use superhuman in a Sentence

superhuman

adjective
  • It will take a superhuman effort for them to win the championship.
  • The character in the film acquires superhuman powers.
  • And he’s made a few superhuman friends who like him but think of him as naive.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Xavier's going to need to a superhuman response to get back in this game.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This new superhuman strength that we’ve been blessed with can really wear you out!
    Christy Carlson Romano, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2018
  • Hof has a resume of superhuman achievements that should have killed him.
    Rachel Sugar, Bon Appétit, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The dunk from four years ago required superhuman strength and body control.
    Phil Thompson, SFChronicle.com, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but makeup is the doorway to our superhuman selves.
    Alisha Acquaye, Teen Vogue, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But Broady said such a viewpoint can make the top players seem superhuman.
    Naila-Jean Meyers, New York Times, 28 June 2016
  • Even a superhuman player would’ve been done years prior.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Olympians – athletes at the top of their sport and in prime health – are idolized and often viewed as superhuman.
    Emily Hemendinger, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Once again, one man’s superhuman effort wasn’t enough to lift up eight other slackers.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
  • Moments that remind you that not every hero needs a cape or superhuman strength to uplift the world.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Sure, injuries could change things, or maybe there is some sort of superhuman game that a guy has to at least give the other team a bit of hope.
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Mercury is best known as the messenger of the gods, an überathlete with superhuman speed.
    Michael McKnight, SI.com, 28 June 2018
  • Please, there’s something wrong if women have to possess superhuman powers just to get through our day.
    Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • Anyone aiming to break Messi's three-year streak will need to be in superhuman form.
    SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • But twice as many of them switched into cyborg mode and achieved superhuman performance.
    Christine Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The result is a program that is not just superhuman, but crushingly so.
    The Economist, 18 Oct. 2017
  • To them, this was not a feat of cosmic derring-do or a superhuman feat of engineering.
    Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2017
  • In the workplace and outside it, women work hard at being superhuman.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 June 2019
  • James had to put in a superhuman performance for the Cavaliers to win last year.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 31 May 2017
  • Farah and Rupp’s ability to run surreal times and then do it again the next day seemed superhuman.
    oregonlive, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Over the years, the record for solving the cube has been gradually whittled down to near-superhuman speeds.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The aliens will absorb her superhuman flawlessness — and maybe recognize her as one of their own.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Equal parts lithe and toned, every pair of superhuman, crescent jumping limbs was more dexterous than the next.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, use that superhuman intuition of yours to excuse yourself when the vibes are off.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, use that superhuman intuition of yours to excuse yourself when the vibes are off.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • When will new episodes from the explicit superhuman series be released?
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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