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 cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 31 Aug. 2022
  • That’s the last thing he’s got a hold of in his humanity.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
  • With Mars and Uranus in aspect with the moon, we will be called to take a stand for humanity.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • My pitch was, this is a story about the best of humanity.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The setting features a humanity that’s made it to the stars.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The winner takes all and the losers are driven to lose their humanity.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The winner takes all and the losers are driven to lose their humanity.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • All these two shared was a love for humanity, a love for each other, and, of course, a love for Bon Jovi.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 July 2024
  • Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Learn to balance your sense of self with your sense of humanity this month.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Being sick has slowed me down enough to catch glimpses of my humanity and what the future may hold.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2024
  • In fact, Bower sees the character as the one with the most humanity.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 July 2022
  • These crises threaten the very future of humanity and the fate of our planet.
    — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • In my favorite American movie, the search for humanity plays out in the land of Oz.
    — Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • O'Dowd is the founder of the Dawn Project, an effort to make computers safe for humanity.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The nation has proved to be humanity’s most cherished fairy tale, and its grimmest.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The court found 20 defendants guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and two guilty of a lesser charge.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2022
  • For a half century, the pro-life movement has been making the case for the humanity of the unborn child.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 27 June 2022
  • Elon Musk and tech leaders called for AI ‘Pause’ over risks to humanity.
    — Alex Wood, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The song is so slick and catchy it’s easy to miss that it’s about mourning a child and wondering if humanity is a lost cause.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In roundtable talks, their full humanity emerged: their fatigue at fighting gangsters to a draw and their guilt for how that fight traduced them.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025

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