humanize
verb (used with object)
to make humane, kind, or gentle.
had humanized
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past perfectof humanize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Television had humanized the defendants, and audiences were both perturbed and moved by their relief at acquittal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Advance reports had it that Angela Lansbury had humanized the role, a palpable impossibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few seconds ago his attitude had been that of a professor examining some favorite object of study; now a more personal note had humanized his expression.
From The Hillman by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Perhaps you won't understand when I say it's as if she had humanized it.
From Mary Rose of Mifflin by Frances R. Sterrett
Actually the mother love in her face had humanized its dull, brutish expression.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
