How to Use humanly possible in a Sentence

humanly possible

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  • For $20, customers could choose two types of shrimp from the menu and stuff as much down their gobs as humanly possible.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a whole subgenre of movies and TV that is designed to be as chill as humanly possible: the cozy mystery.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But the one thing that shouldn’t take much figuring out is that Chubb should be touching the ball as much as humanly possible.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The piano part challenges the notion of what is humanly possible on the keyboard.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • As luck would have it, there are ways to make your trip to State Farm Stadium as painless as humanly possible.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
  • As many people as humanly possible, with the talent, the time, the energy, the ethics to enter a primary should do it.
    — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The kind of person who will pay $80 per year to watch every MLS match probably wants to soak in as many matches as humanly possible.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Speedrunning, the art of completing a video game as quickly as humanly possible, is a marvel to watch.
    — Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • Jordan Clarkson’s top goal this season is to … a) put up as many shots as humanly possible in as short a time as possible.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • But of course, that ability to travel with ease — and joy — comes with a fool-proof list of travel accessories to make the journey as smooth as humanly possible.
    — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
  • Duggan did everything humanly possible — and then some — to will TCU into overtime from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
    — Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • YouTube is experimenting with a way to help sickos like me watch videos as fast as humanly possible.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 July 2023
  • Newton played just one season with the Tigers, but accomplished about as much as humanly possible in that one magical year.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2022
  • To experience as much as humanly possible what the wondrous world has to offer!
    — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Summer in Baltimore is a time for crab feasts, snowballs and orange crushes — and sitting by the water as much as humanly possible.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2023
  • McCrimmon’s Fanny, by contrast, has the hectic air of a jobbing performer, a scrapper more than a sure thing, one who learned to talk as fast as humanly possible before the door slams in her face.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • And to do that as long as humanly possible, to continue to explore these options to find alternatives that might avert crisis.
    — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Burst mode allows your camera to take pictures faster than humanly possible.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
  • How have any of his last three seasons, in particular, been humanly possible?
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Nick and the programming team are as comprehensive as humanly possible, seeing what is out there.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Late term abortions should occur as rarely as humanly possible.
    — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Well, that birth scene was about as horrifying as humanly possible.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Her gestures and expressions are performed as though for a 1980s music video — everything writ as large as humanly possible.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
  • The kiss between the two pop goddesses caused quite a stir, but history can be a fickle mistress, especially when MTV is trying to be as messy as humanly possible.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • While many eclipse-chasers are booking up hotels and Airbnbs located along the path of totality, some travelers are taking to the skies in order to get as close to the celestial event as humanly possible.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Decades of professional consultants have advised companies over the past 50 years to offshore as much as humanly possible in an effort to drive down COGS.
    — Prince Ghosh, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This feature enables your camera to take pictures faster than humanly possible.
    — Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • Their mission: take down the dictator of a fictional South American country while kicking as many butts, and taking as many names, as humanly possible.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2022
  • In fact, lithium is so vital to humanity’s green energy future that people are trying to figure out how to get more of it as soon as humanly possible.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Ditto for the post office, which often provides a lone employee who seems committed to moving as slow as humanly possible.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022

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