How to Use humanize in a Sentence

humanize

verb
Definition of humanizenext
  • They promised to humanize conditions at the company.
  • The new publicity has helped to humanize the corporation's image.
  • The iron canopy bed from RH helps humanize the scale of the room.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The baddie has to have something humanizing in him, and the hero has to have some flaws.
    — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Getting down on the floor with a dog humanizes the politician.
    — Betsy Klein, CNN, 21 Oct. 2017
  • So embrace your unique voice and use it as a tool to build trust and humanize your brand.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Catherine doesn’t know how to make the nobles humanize the serfs.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Strater says one of the primary goals of @UFWUpdates is to humanize and to give a voice to the farmworkers.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • George Floyd's girlfriend took the stand to humanize him and give depth to his life story.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Was there any goal with this book to sort of humanize the people of Syria or the country as a whole?
    — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 9 June 2017
  • The flaws are part of the man, and Eig sees humanizing King as a crucial mission.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • For instance, the gang of kids helps humanize the conflict and show that Doan left Zeon to protect and care for them.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Our goal is not to glamorize it, but to try and humanize it.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 June 2022
  • It's humanized them, to an extent, but also kept them on a pedestal at the same time, if that makes sense.
    — Robert Morast, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
  • My job was to humanize the data — to go out and tell the stories of the people living with what the data shows.
    — Libby Peterson, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Still, our desire to humanize the cosmos, to find meaning in the chaos of the stars, seems to be permanent.
    — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 28 June 2019
  • And his love-hate rapport with the hero of the show, Timothy Olyphant’s Raylan, is the heart and soul of the show, humanizing both of them.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
  • The Vietnam War humanizes the conflict almost to a fault.
    — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Bringing in Jake was a way to humanize Bell and to make the season all about family for him.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The movie clearly wants to humanize this former figure of ridicule, but can’t seem to find the dimensions or the means to do it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Those charged with taking care of the widget try to humanize it, but the system constrains them.
    — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Huseman fell back on job figures and dollar signs, but there wasn’t enough to humanize the project.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The scene somehow humanizes Joel, while still making your heart break for Midge.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2018
  • That means the conversations can humanize Trump and Vance, rather than focusing on the news of the day.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
  • About his role, Mitchell previously teased how the show will humanize the Tiger King.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2022
  • On the other hand, this episode does humanize Jeffrey Dahmer more than any up to this point.
    — Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • These behind-the-scenes glimpses build trust and help humanize my brand, Cleppe of OneStop Northwest, shared.
    — Edward Segal, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The podcast offers up some of these numbers while humanizing them with the person on the screen.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • Go with modern features, looks and something that is humanized and SEO-targeted to get high rankings in search engines.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Nick Cordileone brings an energetic voice to Timon the meerkat that really humanizes the puppet, while Danny Grumich as the warthog has a wonderful way of shaking his back legs.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024

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