human being
Example Sentences
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"It's amazing the damage that a human being can do in a very short amount of time," said ecologist Richard Fishbourne.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
"I saw those first warm words... and my eyes filled with tears. I was shaking and my friend put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'That means you're still a human being.'"
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
“It’s wrong to prevent a human being from speaking about their own history because they are not a woman, because they are not Black, or because they are not Indigenous,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Even more so than most great artists, Michael Jackson was a horrible human being.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
No ordinary human being had ever heard of these credit default swaps or, if Morgan Stanley had its way, ever would.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
