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How to use mankind in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Mankind means the human race in its entirety. Example: “One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.”

Examples of mankind by meaning

nounThe human race in its entirety.

  • One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.
  • Malone's hot blood flushed to his head as he thought of this trifler, this insect, coming between mankind and a message of instruction and consolation descending from above.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
  • More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion

More sentences with mankind

  • Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.From the entry prophet
  • Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.From the entry reason
  • In Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology, akashvanis often featured in stories as a medium of communication from the heavens to mankind.From the entry akashvani
  • "We've gone from training and assiting the saviors of mankind to playing nursemaid?2018, Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time, page 53. From the entry preadolescent
  • You have a sincere desire for mankind— the very people who the wolves of Wall Street fear.2015, 44:18 from the start, response to presentation by "The Minimalists", Ryan Nicodemus and Joshua Fields Millburn, in Matt D'Avella…. From the entry wolf of Wall Street
  • Turning large fortunes into public assets for the good of mankind was a huge project.2014, Olivier Zunz, “The Coming of Mass Philanthropy”, in Philanthropy in America: A History (Politics and Society in Twentieth-century…. From the entry philanthropy
  • Thor, Redbeard, strong-armed wielder of Mjolnir, guardian of mankind, we make you welcome.2012, Hester Butler-Ehle, Hearth and Field: A Heathen Prayer Book, page 180. From the entry Redbeard
  • The Wiyot say that Condor recreated mankind after Old Man wiped out humanity with a flood.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 249. From the entry old man
  • Oh the woes and begoes of mankind,” smiled the good lord.2011, Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas. From the entry bego
  • It was as if mankind had a sickness that it kept inflicting on itself.2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 23. From the entry freedom
  • The prophet Nostradamus predicted the arrival of three anti-Christs who would wreak havoc on mankind.2009 September 9, Kathryn Shattuck, “What's On Today”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry anti-christ
  • The new M5 computer would enable mankind to explore the galaxy without putting human life in danger.2007, Mark S. Kadrich, “Linux”, in Endpoint Security, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, pages 229 and 234. From the entry dunsel
  • Crusaders, who single handedly destroyed Konstantinoupolis, one of the most ancient and profound civilizations of mankind.2005, George Peter Matheos, Mirages Of the Rub al-Khali, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry Konstantinoupolis
  • We are told that mankind is the product of a mindless process of evolution.2000, Peter Jeffery, “What is man?”, in Which Way to God?, Darlington, Durham; Webster, N.Y.: Evangelical Press, published 2005 (4th…. From the entry eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die
  • The Challenger explosion . . . became one big symbol for mankind.1986 February 8, “Editorial: The flight that failed”, in The Nation, page 1. From the entry doomsday event
  • Pareto has a secure place among the great enragers of mankind.1965, James H. Meisel, editor, Pareto & Mosca, Prentice-Hall, page 37. From the entry enrager
  • It is this traditional spirit which should move them towards self-negation for the salvation of mankind.1942 [1942 February 21], Chiang Kai-shek, “One half of the world's people”, in All We Are and All We Have, New York: Chinese News Service…. From the entry antiaggression
  • "There is a gradual release to accommodate it to the receptivity of mankind."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry receptivity
  • It is a question whether the glory of mankind can be added to or taken away from.1924, Grant Overton, The Thousand and First Night, George H. Doran Company, page 279. From the entry glory
  • Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility.c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden…. From the entry clamor
  • By far the most important feature of his work consists in playing upon the credulity of mankind.1918 May 8, Ford Ashman Carpenter, “Alleged Manufacture of Rain in Southern California”, in Herbert H. Kimball, editor, Monthly Weather…. From the entry rainmaker
  • The Esthonians of Russia, who, like the Magyars, belong to the great Turanian family of mankind.1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 278. From the entry Turanian
  • The Giants were the offspring of the Fallen angels and human women, who ended up being cannibals and devouring mankind.2020, S N Strutt, Jubilees Insights, page 84. From the entry Naphil
  • For example, ihminen (human being) has the compositive form ihmis, appearing in words like ihmiskunta (mankind) and ihmissuhde (personal relationship).2015, Jukka K. Korpela, Handbook of Finnish. From the entry compositive
  • We are proud to have had a part in quelching the evil ideologies that brought so much suffering to mankind.2013, Col. John H. Roush, Jr., World War II Reminiscences, page 450. From the entry quelch
  • For religious thinkers like William Warren and Landon West, the whole point of Eden was to unify mankind.2011, Brook Wilensky-Lanford, “Practically Paradise”, in Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden, Grove Press, →ISBN. From the entry Garden of Eden
  • He became embroiled with the leaders of Protestant orthodoxy in a vitriolic argument over the unity of mankind.2007, John M. Shackleford, “A Beautiful Act of Creation”, in Faith Seeking Understanding: Approaching God through Science, Mahwah, N.J.…. From the entry vitriolic
  • The rebirth of Paradise, despoiled by mankind.2003, Owaku, Hiroyuki and trans. Blaustein, Jeremy, et al., quoting Claudia Wolf, Silent Hill 3, Tokyo: Konami, PlayStation 2; PC. From the entry despoil
  • There, in their several worlds, they find the harmony which they so sorely miss in the midst of mankind.2002, Syed Abdul Latif, Ghalib: a critical appreciation of his life & Urdu poetry, page 83. From the entry refugitive
  • He called mutants Homo Superiors to underscore the difference between mutants and the rest of mankind—puny Homo sapiens.2000 August, Walter Mosley, “Extreme Fan”, in Vibe, volume 8, number 6, page 84. From the entry Homo Superiors
  • Throughout the history of mankind, people of different religions and cultures have had their own understanding of God.2000, Shakuntala Modi, “Presence of God in the Universe”, in Memories of God and Creation: Remembering from the Subconscious Mind…. From the entry omnicognizant
  • The third is primal and common to all mankind.[1998, Reese Palley, “HydroPhobias”, in Unlikely Passages, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House, published 2002, →ISBN, pages 39 and 40. From the entry hydrophobia
  • To prevent the elixir from reaching mankind and thereby upsetting the balance of the universe, two gods secret it away.1994, Phyllis Granoff & Koichi Shinohara, Monks and magicians: religious biographies in Asia, Mosaic Press, p. 50. From the entry secret
  • Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.1987, Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone, Wall Street (motion picture), spoken by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). From the entry greed
  • Mankind could thus be claimed as uncreated and therefore not subject to any of the traditional moral and social constraints.1986, Martin J. S. Rudwick, “The Shape and Meaning of Earth History”, in David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers, editors, God and Nature…. From the entry eternalism
  • In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church, page 46. From the entry hater
  • Years ago, when I began to garden among the squitch and the withwind, I considered them the primal enemies of mankind.1957, Country Life - Volume 121, page 826. From the entry withwind

Meaning of mankind

  1. noun The human race in its entirety.
  2. noun Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
  3. noun Human feelings; humanity.

Full definition of mankind

Questions about mankind in a sentence

How do you use mankind in a sentence?
Mankind is used as a noun. For example: “One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.”
What is a short sentence with mankind?
“The rebirth of Paradise, despoiled by mankind.”
What does mankind mean?
Mankind means the human race in its entirety.

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