humane
Example Sentences
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He added that "good pest controllers always, always kill them in a humane manner".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ms. Crabapple, an artist and writer based in New York, calls the Bund a “revolutionary society” and a “sometimes-clandestine political party whose tenets were humane, socialist, secular, and defiantly Jewish.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This meant the industry operated for decades with no rules on humane husbandry and slaughter.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
“I know the acting superintendent’s style — collaborative, listens. He takes action. He’s humane, and he wants the best for our students, because he’s a parent and has students in LAUSD.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
She was absorbed and moved by the man she met in those pages, an inquiring and intelligent man, a kind man, a man so utterly, helplessly, winningly humane.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing humane
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