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 winner takes all and the losers are driven to lose their humanity.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 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 Dec. 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 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Taylor Swift’s songs have conjured Swifties out of the mass of humanity.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 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
  • But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • His follow-up, the 2021 novel What Strange Paradise, demonstrates the lengths of social and emotional work that the West puts into denying the humanity of refugees.
    — Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In the battle to control water, humanity has thrown everything at the problem—dams, levees, canals and other costly infrastructure projects.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

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