How to Use superhuman in a Sentence

superhuman

adjective
  • It will take a superhuman effort for them to win the championship.
  • The character in the film acquires superhuman powers.
  • Xavier's going to need to a superhuman response to get back in this game.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Mare is a Red, but soon finds herself in the world of the Silver elite, who have superhuman abilities.
    Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The dunk from four years ago required superhuman strength and body control.
    Phil Thompson, SFChronicle.com, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Early on, the show led me to wonder if Dot and Munch were both superhuman forces to varying degrees.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Hof has a resume of superhuman achievements that should have killed him.
    Rachel Sugar, Bon Appétit, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Over the years, the record for solving the cube has been gradually whittled down to near-superhuman speeds.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • Farah and Rupp’s ability to run surreal times and then do it again the next day seemed superhuman.
    oregonlive, 6 Oct. 2019
  • This new superhuman strength that we’ve been blessed with can really wear you out!
    Christy Carlson Romano, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2018
  • And shocking for the baseball world, which has grown accustomed to the superhuman abilities of the two-way star.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Mercury is best known as the messenger of the gods, an überathlete with superhuman speed.
    Michael McKnight, SI.com, 28 June 2018
  • Mary’s power lies in her superhuman sense of smell, and there’s no doubt in my mind that Kate could easily steal the whole movie just...sniffing.
    Danny Murphy, Marie Claire, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Perhaps James can be superhuman three more times to get the Cavs through Indiana.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Case in point: Tracee flaunted her superhuman core strength by holding her leg up behind her for a *very* long time.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 27 June 2023
  • Anyone aiming to break Messi's three-year streak will need to be in superhuman form.
    SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The attempt to make Reigns superhuman continues, with or without the belt.
    Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The entire Fire department is on the ground; making almost superhuman efforts to stay the flames.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Echo, who debuted in Marvel comics in 1999, is a gifted fighter with superhuman strength and a thirst for vengeance.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In it, an ethereal, superhuman FKA twigs writhes and pole-dances her way through a cyber-dreamscape.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Please, there’s something wrong if women have to possess superhuman powers just to get through our day.
    Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • Equal parts lithe and toned, every pair of superhuman, crescent jumping limbs was more dexterous than the next.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2019
  • In the workplace and outside it, women work hard at being superhuman.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 June 2019
  • The aliens will absorb her superhuman flawlessness — and maybe recognize her as one of their own.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The shrieking whine from the four motors of the racing quadrotor Dopplers up and down as the drone twists, turns, and backflips its way through the square plastic gates of the course at a speed that is literally superhuman.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2023
  • For one thing, the robot dropped the cube eight out of 10 times in testing—hardly evidence of superhuman, or even human, deftness.
    Wired, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Warp drive, of course, is the stuff of Star Trek legend, a device enclosed within a spacecraft that gives the mortals aboard the ability to rip around the cosmos at superhuman speed.
    Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Cheetah is the name of the villain's alter ego who possesses superhuman strength and agility.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • The Naruto Run is named after a manga character who runs at superhuman speed with his arms stretched out behind him.
    Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Most of Yakuza’s more off-beat elements worked because of Kiryu, a lovable gangster with a heart of gold and seemingly superhuman strength.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 20 June 2019

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