human interest
Example Sentences
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"My films are not political, they are of human interest," Sudipto Sen, director of The Kerala Story, told the BBC last year.
From BBC
Judge Quinzy had been the only one who had shown a more human interest in Penelope, and in the Incorrigibles.
From Literature
Kellyman is terrific opposite Squibb, but this unconventional friendship tale is the kind of slight human interest story that slips from your consciousness almost as soon as it has made its brief impression.
From Los Angeles Times
Annie enjoys covering trends in human interest, LGBTQ+ issues and climate policy.
From Salon
Chloë Sevigny plays Edna, the host of a globe-trotting web series that seeks out human interest stories: Bolivian teenage exorcists, Mexican fashionistas in scimitar-shaped boots and now, a singer called Super Carlitos who dresses like a bunny and bops around a village called San Cristobal.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
