How to Use mankind in a Sentence

mankind

noun
  • What is the biggest black hole known to mankind?
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
  • With that, Carol sticks her face in the fan for mankind.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Another one is peace and hope for all mankind still the goal?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • But something tells us that mankind will figure this out, too.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In this movie that is the key message, and sincere hope for mankind.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 June 2026
  • Humans are a science project dating back to the origins of mankind.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Every artist in the history of mankind makes an album.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Are computers going to be something to be feared, taking over from mankind?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The black version brings strong Canucks flying skate vibes, which are the highest jersey vibes known to mankind.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The patriots are those who love America enough to wish to see her as a model for mankind.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this song will never go out of style.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Your legacy will continue to move millions toward justice for all mankind.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Far from being hungry and spending most of our resources on food, mankind has never had to work fewer hours to pay for his bread.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The deepest malice for mankind causes one to venerate Hitler.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But sometimes God can feel far off, hidden, or even uninterested in mankind.
    — Kit Cornell Kurtz, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • According to the Bible, he was sacrificed to pay for the sins of mankind and his body was later laid to rest in a nearby tomb.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of each one-hour episode, though, there was usually some resolution or positive lesson for mankind.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Nobody ever thought about how life would change on farms once mankind figured out a way to eradicate--that was the word used--the little boll weevil.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • No other army in the history of mankind has warned the people of an impending attack, urging the civilians to leave.
    — Rabbi Steve Roth, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
  • And so, with Carol intent on restoring what once was, the fate of mankind rests in the hands of someone who doesn’t seem to like people all that much.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On the other hand, the potential to solve mankind’s most vexing problems is tantalizing.
    — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Reaching out hands to help the suffering, Didi and Gogo go down themselves—all mankind a wriggling heap.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • The film stars Ryan Gosling as a middle-school science teacher who ends up on a mission to save mankind that strands him in space by himself.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Saturn in Aquarius teaches you to trust your individuality and to use it for the greater good of mankind.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Altman is describing a mutation of mankind well underway.
    — Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 2 May 2026
  • Every artist in the history of mankind writes a song with a verse, a chorus, another verse, another chorus, a bridge, and then an outro.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Wind turbines are already one of mankind’s most wonderfully strange creations, but here are six that stand out for being bold, beautiful, and just a little bit bizarre.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In between chunks of death raining down on major cities, Bruce Willis leads a team of astronauts into battle against an enormous rock ready to kill all of mankind.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Dark childhood traumas come fiercely back to take their toll and Paula is surrounded by soulless hunters, magical wild spirits and a pack of wolves older than mankind.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026

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