humanely
Example Sentences
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I asked myself: What if, as a company, we could distinguish ourselves not just by how successfully we could open a restaurant but by how thoughtfully and humanely we could close one?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He was humanely euthanized by wildlife officials later that same month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Originally from North America, the larger and more aggressive grey squirrel is classified as an invasive non-native species, and it is not illegal to kill them humanely.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“The people inside Delaney Hall deserve their day in court and to be treated humanely, not violently. The time is now to shut this broken facility down.”
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Those who contracted MDR were left to die—as humanely as possible, because the foundation provided money for hospice care—but why, Farmer wondered, couldn’t some money be allocated to MDR?
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
