How to Use humane in a Sentence

humane

adjective
Definition of humanenext
Synonyms for humanenext
  • Conditions in the prison are more humane now.
  • It's not humane to treat animals that way.
  • This method, thought to be more humane, also keeps the fish firm.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Now, the dog, named Bright Eyes, is on the mend at the humane society.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
  • Putting aside the specifics of this conflict, what is the humane way to deal with civilians in war zones?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • No one should have to make that choice, and every seat should have a humane amount of space.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • What redeems the film is the humane attempt to reach beyond the myth to access the man.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Still, a thinker as humane as Eliot surely has bright light to shed.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Now, is this the most humane way that we are addressed asylum?
    — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Some thanked the humane society for the update in the comments.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Clarence was humane and fair and inspired love and respect from all who knew him.
    — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The dog’s name is Crouton, the humane society said in a Feb. 29 Facebook post.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Surely there’s a more humane way to solve this problem.
    — Anonymous, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2021
  • At least 24 square feet: The amount of space each pregnant sow must have for the treatment of pigs to be treated as humane, as per Prop 12.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • Gray may have been a Modernist, but her designs were deeply humane.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Bennet said the bill aims to make the process not just more humane for children, but more efficient, too.
    — Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In every story, cats find ways to teach their humans to be – well, more humane.
    — Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In the meantime, research the most humane local shelter.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • This is war reporting at its finest, its most clear-eyed, its most humane.
    — Longreads, 6 Dec. 2022
  • While the sheer number of executions in the U.S. has slowed to a trickle, the process has become less humane.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This would make the system much more efficient and humane.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Taylor added that the person living in the home told the humane society there were about 30 dogs on the premises.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
  • Debacker went back to that area and set up a humane trap and Ettore was safely caught.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But for those of you who, like me, prefer a humane, stress-free lifestyle, airport time can be yours to enjoy.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The humane society called on people in the area to help search for the dog – and the community rallied in support.
    — Brandon Whiting, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The pet was set to be put in a gas chamber until Heigl intervened and sought a more humane way to help the canine.
    — Mia McNiece, PEOPLE.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • What are the odds of an escaped pet bird landing at the bird feeder of the local humane society's CEO?
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Many of the muddy-boots thinkers are women, but men have also spoken up about the need for humane oversight.
    — Ben Shneiderman, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2022
  • But these warped stories conveyed the impression that southern slavery was a humane system of human relations year round.
    — Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The problem was especially untenable for Khawaja, who’d grown up on a strict halal diet, which respects a tradition of harvesting animals for human consumption in the most humane way possible.
    — Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

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