humanness
Example Sentences
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“In learning to look at each other as closely as we can and approach each other in our humanness, there exists the possibility that doing so may carry us through hatred.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Human-created cultural products like film and writing will be positioned as most valuable, and priced accordingly as luxury goods and artworks, while elevated synthetic content will be “humanwashed” to create a veneer of faux humanness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
"He has a deep love for people. He listens. He looks people in the eye. Sandy's humanness is my dad's humanness. I feel immensely lucky to be his son," he says.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2024
“Talk out loud, identify yourself, and allow those predators to kind of absorb the whole scene and all the humanness and help them realize this is not one of my usual prey items,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
