humaneness

Example Sentences

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“And then it’s not like you shut the factory down for two days. You start making some some real difficult decisions related to animals from a humaneness standpoint.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Alabama lawmakers approved nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate execution method in 2018 as death penalty states faced difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs and ongoing litigation challenging the humaneness of lethal injection.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Franklin extolled the hospital as a crowning achievement of humaneness and government, declaring "the good particular men may do separately in relieving the sick is small compared with what they may do collectively."

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020

These were written with a great tone of ethical seriousness and a very powerful, controlled, but moving prose, and a great humaneness which never veered into sentimentality.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2018

In its place he estab-lished an administration distinguished by its humaneness and intelligence.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover