1
: marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
humane prison guards
a more humane way of treating farm animals
2
: characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : humanistic
humane studies
humanely
adverb
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Examples of humane in a Sentence
It's not humane to treat animals that way.
Conditions in the prison are more humane now.
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Five to seven dogs were turned over to the humane society and later released, Hawkins said.
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Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Extreme wealth and high-level corporate salaries, along with resistance among the wealthy to paying their fair share of taxes for a healthy, humane society, have created this mess.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
Kamala Harris—who has shown herself to be sensible, humane, and liberal-minded—is our choice for the Presidency.
—The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
The main approach has been to sterilize, vaccinate, and release stray dogs back where they were found — a strategy that is widely considered humane and effective.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
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Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Extreme wealth and high-level corporate salaries, along with resistance among the wealthy to paying their fair share of taxes for a healthy, humane society, have created this mess.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
Kamala Harris—who has shown herself to be sensible, humane, and liberal-minded—is our choice for the Presidency.
—The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
The main approach has been to sterilize, vaccinate, and release stray dogs back where they were found — a strategy that is widely considered humane and effective.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for humane
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“Humane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humane. Accessed 3 Nov. 2024.
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