How to Use humanity in a Sentence

humanity

noun
  • She was cut off from the rest of humanity.
  • He's taking courses in both the sciences and the humanities.
  • We appealed to his sense of humanity.
  • These discoveries will be of benefit to all humanity.
  • The amulet lying at the center of the plot brings all of that humanity, good, bad, and in between, to the forefront.
    David James, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
  • This is against all rules, against all rules of humanity, against all rules of war, against all rules of peace.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the painting, the artist contends with the scope of humanity’s relationship with, and impact on, the sea.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • McDowell sees a few ways to frame the story thus far of humanity in space.
    Jaime Green, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • That’s when all the shoving starts, with Hurts almost inevitably emerging from the mass of humanity with a first down.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • For Eliot’s gaze is fixed not on the heavens above but on the specimens of humanity before her.
    Anna Mundow, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This places focus on the things of morality more so than the things of basic humanity.
    Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • When Africa was recognized as the site of humanity’s origin, this came at a cost.
    Stefanos Geroulanos, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2024
  • This time, the sarcasm was all but gone, leaving only the humanity.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Not everyone is ready yet to get back into the tangle of humanity at the grocery store.
    oregonlive, 20 June 2023
  • In many ways, Beaver said, the moment represented the best of humanity.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2023
  • Lots of humans always seem to think that their time and their issues are the biggest hurdles humanity has seen.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Beyond that, stories like those prompt us to reflect on the limits of humanity.
    Time, 18 July 2023
  • Their thorny flawed catch-as-catch-can humanity now stands in stark contrast to the majority of movies that have been spun off from comic books over the last 40 years.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2023
  • His purpose is to argue that the study of humanity’s beginnings is and always must be evil.
    William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Except for the mass of humanity, the event itself was unimpressive.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • The message threaded throughout the show is that humanity’s future is bright.
    Doug Sundheim, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Its goal was to build A.I. systems to benefit all of humanity.
    Karen Weise, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Watkins opens doors and windows into their homes, lives, hopes and sorrows, and in so doing opens our minds and hearts to their humanity and brokenness.
    Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • All are intrinsic and aligned issues for the future of humanity.
    Heslley MacHado Silva, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • It could be used for drinking water or fuel as humanity pushes the bounds of space exploration in the future.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The journalist testified during the hearing that the specimens were a sign that humanity is not alone in the universe.
    Jeffrey Clark, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And who is recognizing Arab and Muslim humanity in the U.S.
    Emily Tamkin, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, for us as writers, as creators, as artists, our tools are our humanity and compassion.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Beware of requests for payments through gift cards, person-to-person pay apps, etc. Opinions:Is AI a threat to humanity?
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023

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