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human being
noun
- any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- a person, especially as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species:
living conditions not fit for human beings; a very generous human being.
human being
noun
- a member of any of the races of Homo sapiens; person; man, woman, or child
Word History and Origins
Origin of human being1
Example Sentences
Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
What was this human being fighting for everywhere but inside a ring?
She assured me he was a decent human being and the love of her life.
But they gave themselves away with a very strange sentence—their only effort to acknowledge me as a human being.
Why not give her the opportunity to be an actual human being versus a celebrity?
Every human being behind that absurdly inadequate wall was exposed to constant and equal danger.
This, they said, was no human being like themselves; such hellish practices could have but one origin.
And every human being born upon the world represents a power of work that, rightly directed, more than supplies his wants.
Seven o'clock in the morning is too early for any rational human being to be herded into a factory at the call of a steam whistle.
As far as you know there isn't a human being living who has any claim to your services by reason of blood relationship.
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