How do you use Beings in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Beings meaning
plural of being
Using Beings
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of being
- In the example corpus, beings often appears in combinations such as: human beings, beings and, beings in.
Context around Beings
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beings
- In this selection, "beings" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, human, contingent, omnipotent, seek, generally and coupled stand out and add context to how "beings" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 21 human beings i have, all contingent beings is derived and human beings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beings" sits close to words such as aired, cowboys and shield, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beings
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Many consequentialist theories may seem primarily concerned with human beings and their relationships with other human beings. (17 words)
We can and will make mistakes; we are human beings living and functioning in this universe with other beings! (19 words)
And it’s bad advice for most human beings, at least if what most human beings seek are meaningful and happy lives. (22 words)
Calvin points out that human beings are typically expected to refrain from harming other human beings (except in times of extreme duress like war, or to save a greater number) and this is equivalent to a robot's First Law. (40 words)
According to his confession, "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons and, last but not least, I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. (39 words)
In Christianity, statements about a single God are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several beings, beings which can and do disagree and have conflicts with each other. (39 words)
In other words, those ancient beings coupled with these previously unknown beings and popped out babies that then popped out more babies, and so on until today, where you and I almost certainly have ancient, unknown being DNA! (38 words)
We can and will make mistakes; we are human beings living and functioning in this universe with other beings! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Contingent beings, therefore, are insufficient to account for the existence of contingent beings: there must exist a necessary being whose non-existence is an impossibility, and from which the existence of all contingent beings is derived.
Not to replace human beings, but to augment human beings and make people more productive in managing sales processes, managing customer service, managing claims, making sure that all of those processes are more and more efficient.
And it’s bad advice for most human beings, at least if what most human beings seek are meaningful and happy lives.
But that text is created by human beings, and human beings generally do not like having their work used without their consent.
The president welcomed its approval by Congress, writing on X that "those who enjoy the death of animals will end up enjoying the death of human beings, just as those who burn books, end up burning human beings".
They are not “collateral damage” they are human beings who happen to have been born there and live there and most of those human beings are stuck there.
As Shazam's predecessor, was a hero in Ancient Egypt. While Shazam is powered by beings of Greek Mythology, Black Adam is powered by beings of Egyptian Mythology.
In other words, those ancient beings coupled with these previously unknown beings and popped out babies that then popped out more babies, and so on until today, where you and I almost certainly have ancient, unknown being DNA!
We can and will make mistakes; we are human beings living and functioning in this universe with other beings!
And even after the little 1860-65 dust up over owning other human beings ended, some American Human Beings were officially inferior under the Constitution.
There's no escaping the politics of life when people with power see those without as lesser beings, numbers to be moved around on a sheet, rather than human beings with hopes and dreams of their own.
Both human beings and synth beings will take centre stage in the latest series, which begins a year after the second run of episodes concluded.
According to his confession, "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons and, last but not least, I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings.
Calvin points out that human beings are typically expected to refrain from harming other human beings (except in times of extreme duress like war, or to save a greater number) and this is equivalent to a robot's First Law.
Castle Books: 291 Bodhisattvas are revered beings who have conceived the will and vow to dedicate their lives with bodhicitta for the sake of all beings.
However, it is possible for non-omnipotent beings to compromise their own powers, which presents the paradox that non-omnipotent beings can do something (to themselves) which an essentially omnipotent being cannot do (to itself).
In Christianity, statements about a single God are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several beings, beings which can and do disagree and have conflicts with each other.
In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.
Lotte Motz theorized that these were originally four distinct classes of beings: lords of nature (jötunn), mythical magicians (troll), hostile monsters (þurs), and heroic and courtly beings (risi), the last class being the youngest addition.
Many consequentialist theories may seem primarily concerned with human beings and their relationships with other human beings.
Phrases with beings
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with beings
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- human beings 128×
- beings and 17×
- beings in 13×
- beings are 9×
- beings of 9×
- beings have 8×
- beings who 7×
- beings with 7×
- beings to 7×
- other beings 5×