humanize
verb (used with object)
to make humane, kind, or gentle.
will humanize
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future tenseof humanize.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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She hopes the movie will humanize the individuals at the border who are waiting for asylum, create conversation and “get through to another type of audience.”
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
The library says it will humanize Roosevelt, not lionize him.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2022
“We will humanize whatever seems capable of communicating with us,” Dr. Turkle said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
I never want to believe that a film will humanize anyone, because I really believe humanizing comes from folks in their own consciousness.
From Slate ● May 2, 2021
Excuse this much egotism,—I give it you because I think you will humanize me, and soon teach me there is greater happiness than building theories and accumulating facts in silence and solitude.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
