subhuman

Example Sentences

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The Equal Protection Clause was ratified not to make white people colorblind, but rather to ensure that Black people were no longer treated as subhuman.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2023

The track might be jarring, but it effectively captures the pain of being treated as subhuman.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2020

Conditions in those camps were subhuman long before the pandemic.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

“Although the government is advising people not to venture out, sanitation workers are required to work under subhuman conditions without any medical protection,” says Ranade.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2020

In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of “B-B! . . . B-B!” always filled him with horror.

From "1984" by George Orwell