Example sentences for: humanitarian

How can you use “humanitarian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The conservative National Post of Canada welcomed this extension of NATO's role but warned in an editorial that it should not be "a euphemism for global humanitarian interventions more properly handled by the UN."

  • You're claiming credit for sharing whatever humanitarian or geostrategic concern dictates military action, while opposing the use of the only military power you yourself bear responsibility for.

  • The case for not acting until you have to was put most vividly by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Don Nickles of Oklahoma, in a remark that also captures the hard-nosed attitude regarding humanitarian concerns.

  • A WP "Outlook" piece proposes establishing a moral "yardstick" for American intervention in international conflicts: If for example the war death rate exceeds five times the U.S. national murder rate, then we should strongly consider military (as well as humanitarian) involvement.

  • It's the LAT lead that writes the story from the most basic humanitarian point of view.


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