human being

Example Sentences

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Iraq is playing Norway at 6 Eastern, so tune in to watch Erling Haaland—one of the planet’s best goal scorers, who also happens to be a comically large human being.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Tina, a Kentucky woman broken by injury, debt and a bad marriage, tells Mr. Barragán she needed only a “five-second window” in which someone treated her like a human being.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

A nicer human being you could not wish to meet.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“You would think that a human being with a shred of dignity would recoil from this thing,” Oswalt said.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

“Get away from her. What’s the matter with you? She’s not a goat. She’s a human being, a child who’s obviously afraid.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall