How to Use humanize in a Sentence

humanize

verb

• They promised to humanize conditions at the company.
• The new publicity has helped to humanize the corporation's image.
• The baddie has to have something humanizing in him, and the hero has to have some flaws.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• Catherine doesn’t know how to make the nobles humanize the serfs.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Strater says one of the primary goals of @UFWUpdates is to humanize and to give a voice to the farmworkers.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• George Floyd's girlfriend took the stand to humanize him and give depth to his life story.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2021
• The flaws are part of the man, and Eig sees humanizing King as a crucial mission.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• For instance, the gang of kids helps humanize the conflict and show that Doan left Zeon to protect and care for them.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• Our goal is not to glamorize it, but to try and humanize it.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 June 2022
• Bringing in Jake was a way to humanize Bell and to make the season all about family for him.
  — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• The movie clearly wants to humanize this former figure of ridicule, but can’t seem to find the dimensions or the means to do it.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
• About his role, Mitchell previously teased how the show will humanize the Tiger King.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2022
• On the other hand, this episode does humanize Jeffrey Dahmer more than any up to this point.
  — Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• When Palestinians are humanized, it’s buried at the end.
  — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
• The purpose of this verbal sleight of hand is to humanize trees, and thereby impel the reader to extend greater care to them.
  — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 10 June 2021
• Born in the African nation of Botswana, she is described as aiming to humanize her subjects.
  — Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2023
• That car journey back to the village, gives Hamaguchi time to humanize the two bantering agents, who are in way over their heads.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
• When Israelis are humanized, the story is at the beginning, often on the front page.
  — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Trying to humanize the story of this planet can be difficult to do without putting it right on the nose.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2021
• It’s the most startling thing in the documentary, even more than the efforts of the Bulger children to try to humanize their uncle.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
• And the thing about being sympathetic to the guards, or humanizing them?
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• For many of its displays, the Mütter does an admirable job of humanizing the people encased in glass.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The story lines are what humanize the competition and with the group that will be assembled at The Country Club, there is much to embrace.
  — Jim McCabe, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
• One of our principal goals at this moment in time is to continue to humanize our brand.
  — Lydia T. Blanco, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Leaphorn’s wife, Emma, who sometimes seemed a little too good to be true, is humanized and grounded by her mistakes.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• Director Leigh Silverman draws on a deep reservoir of skill to humanize the many, many characters in the play.
  — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
• The film humanizes a public health crisis that has affected millions and whose full scope may not be known for years, if ever.
  — ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2023
• But stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
• Here are some tips to build your employer brand and humanize your company.
  — Parna Sarkar-Basu, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• But Big Tech alone won’t humanize healthcare—only humans can do that.
  — Fabio Gratton, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024