humanize
Example Sentences
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The call-in, which lasted four hours and a half hours, has also been used to humanize a leader better known in the West for his gruff outbursts and cold demeanor.
The magazine’s mission was to shine a light on the disease to humanize and restore dignity to its sufferers.
From Salon
My whole career, I’ve been pretty good at taking an unsavory character and humanizing him.
The level of understanding she had of Alani, and Whitaker’s desire to humanize her, made a character who could have been seen as unrelatable, ignorant or even irritating into a delightfully self-aware fan favorite.
From Los Angeles Times
Schwartz also said letting the officer speak could serve to “humanize” him to the jury.
From Los Angeles Times
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