subhuman
Example Sentences
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“It was subhuman conditions — and then there’s the toll it takes on your mind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The Equal Protection Clause was ratified not to make white people colorblind, but rather to ensure that Black people were no longer treated as subhuman.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023
The everyday stares, comments, and subhuman treatment acted as a constant reminder of my painful medical history and my perceived shortcomings.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
Acknowledging black oppression involves taking stock of how this nation enslaved a people, marked them as subhuman and closed off opportunities in obvious and not-so-obvious ways.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2015
In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of “B-B! . . . B-B!” always filled him with horror.
From "1984" by George Orwell
