humanness

Example Sentences

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There may be courtesy, there may be even temper, and wit, and talent, and sparkling conversation, there may be good-will even,—and yet the humanest and divinest faculties pine for exercise.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

No one can fail to see that this course was dictated by the humanest considerations.

From The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion by DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)

Ah, shallow as it is, yet, how subtle a thing is suspicion, which at times can invade the humanest of hearts and wisest of heads.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

It is the humanest thing in the world to borrow money.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

I am the humanest thing you ever saw in your life.”

From Eve to the Rescue by Summers, Dudley Gloyne