How to Use inhumane in a Sentence

inhumane

adjective
Definition of inhumanenext
Synonyms for inhumanenext
  • Does such a precedent open a door for inhumane and cruel laws elsewhere too?
    — Naresh Fernandes, Quartz India, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Critics point to issues such as inhumane killing procedures, a plunge in crime rates and the death penalty’s high cost.
    — Kevin O'Neal Cokley, The Conversation, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The pace that Amazon demanded was inhumane, Stolz thought.
    — Wired, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Horror stories on the internet report careless or inhumane acts — or worse — by pet sitters.
    — Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Nov. 2019
  • How can a man physically abuse a woman he is supposed to love? Human beings are sometimes inhumane.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • In addition to being inhumane, strip searches are expensive and waste a ton of taxpayer money.
    — Chandra Bozelko, Quartz, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Every one is a tribute to what actors, at their best, can do—and a reason to keep going to the movies, one of the best ways to feel connected to other humans in an often inhumane world.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Employees say Korey and others at the company used Slack to pressure them to work inhumane hours and to publicly shame and berate them.
    — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2019
  • This got him sentenced to Brandenburg-Görden prison, where he and his brother were held under inhumane conditions.
    — Martha Miller, National Review, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Immigration rights activists often slam Trump's policies as cruel and inhumane.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Labor trafficking includes the use of threats of violence and coercion to force people to work against their will, sometimes with no or little pay or inhumane conditions.
    — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Perhaps Knock is unsettling because he is being brainwashed by Orlok to view his inhumane bloodlust as his salvation.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The movie, to its credit, is not inhumane about what happens to the bear.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
  • That's the biggest issue is no one wants to be inhumane about this.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2023
  • Biden has called the policy inhumane and has vowed to end it.
    — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The way we are told to search for love is fairly inhumane and unworkable.
    — Jessica Goodman, ELLE, 11 Feb. 2022
  • He's been captured and treated in the most inhumane way and has seen the worst of humanity.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But these asylums had often been brutal, inhumane places, and the state had shut them down.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Many argue that this process, which involves force-feeding the birds, is inhumane.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But in May 1921, an inhumane act demolished the community in the blink of an eye.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2024
  • Delaney said the posts are inhumane, disgusting and filled with hate.
    — Chris Sikich, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Critics have called the buoy system barbaric and inhumane and linked it to the drowning deaths of two migrants last week.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • People in prisons, in detention, are forced to work in inhumane conditions for no pay for the profit of the state.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • What’s the latest step in building a new Cuyahoga County jail, to replace the one that has been labeled as inhumane at times?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 July 2021
  • Dan Rodricks’ column resonates with the need for hope and prayer in light of the inhumane words and actions of the previous president.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In many countries of the world, those who need peace, those suffer inhumane destruction.
    — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022
  • This all seems inhumane and tortuous after knowing that there’s a better way to work and lead your life.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • If his standards were inhumane, then why was Ms. Robb still drawn to the beauty of his choreography?
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Many Americans came away from the book convinced that end-of-life care in hospitals was inhumane.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The 'callous and inhumane' school shooting hoaxes are still happening around the US.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 14 May 2023

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