humankind

Example Sentences

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The scarcity of humankind makes those few people we do encounter gleam like ingots of gold on a sandy beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The Cylons are fundamentalist, monotheistic zealots who wipe out nearly all of humankind, making them apt representations of all kinds of real-world threats.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

"I hope that today we plant the seeds of peace not only for Chinese people on both sides of the Strait, but for all humankind," Cheng said on Wednesday, in comments broadcast by Taiwanese media.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

His restraint suits a story in which machine-kind and humankind begin to feel shrink-wrapped together, the ghosts belabored by increasing social pressure, the humans jolted by high-voltage wires.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Hugo learned that Prometheus had created humankind out of mud, and then stolen fire from the gods as a gift for the people he had made, so they could survive.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick