humanely
Example Sentences
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“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
The campaign called for a national plan to humanely manage grey squirrel populations and urgent investment in squirrelpox vaccine development.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The pope has called the treatment of migrants in the United States "extremely disrespectful" and said "we have to look for ways of treating people humanely."
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
He did more to save Rome than any person, and he always treated his enemies humanely after they were defeated and left nations intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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
