CIVILIZE in a Sentence
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330 example sentences for CIVILIZE, such as:
1. There are various kinds of civil wrongs, or torts.
2. Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
3. The law would strike at the most basic of civil rights.
4. This pillar is a monument to all those who died in the civil war.
5. These ideas resurfaced again in the American civil rights movement.
2. Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
3. The law would strike at the most basic of civil rights.
4. This pillar is a monument to all those who died in the civil war.
5. These ideas resurfaced again in the American civil rights movement.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CIVILIZE
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civilize
v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
v. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Aside from this, there was a general feeling that the attempt to educate and civilize the red men at Hampton would be a failure.
2 I don't want you to do anything but be civil to him and help to the pudding.
3 I'll do anything for you, Jo, if you'll only dress yourself nicely, and come and help me do the civil.
4 "You began the evening well, Charlotte," said Mrs. Bennet with civil self-command to Miss Lucas.
5 To the civil inquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude of Mr. Bingley's, she could not make a very favourable answer.
6 Mr. Bingley was unaffectedly civil in his answer, and forced his younger sister to be civil also, and say what the occasion required.
7 That is all very proper and civil, I am sure," said Mrs. Bennet, "and I dare say she is a very agreeable woman.
8 In pompous nothings on his side, and civil assents on that of his cousins, their time passed till they entered Meryton.
9 Elizabeth disdained the appearance of noticing this civil reflection, but its meaning did not escape, nor was it likely to conciliate her.
10 The housekeeper came; a respectable-looking elderly woman, much less fine, and more civil, than she had any notion of finding her.
11 Perhaps he had been civil only because he felt himself at ease; yet there had been that in his voice which was not like ease.
12 It was more than civil; it was really attentive; and there was no necessity for such attention.
13 It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit; and, as I wandered round, I heard another specimen of their civil behaviour amongst each other.
14 I walked round the yard, and through a wicket, to another door, at which I took the liberty of knocking, in hopes some more civil servant might show himself.
15 These civil commotions were constantly fomented by the monarchs of Blefuscu; and when they were quelled, the exiles always fled for refuge to that empire.
Example Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
1 The African countries hoped to civilize all the primitive tribes on the land.
2 Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
3 The administration hopes to avoid another bruising battle over civil rights.
4 These ideas resurfaced again in the American civil rights movement.
5 Either criminal or civil proceedings may be brought by the Attorney General.
6 Clinton named a new assistant attorney general for civil rights, Deval Patrick, who persuaded the administration to switch sides.
7 The law would strike at the most basic of civil rights.
8 There are various kinds of civil wrongs, or torts.
9 His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war.
10 This pillar is a monument to all those who died in the civil war.
11 He called for a campaign of civil disobedience if the president did not honour the election results.
12 The candidate nailed his colours to the mast on the question of civil rights.
13 He had been groomed for a career in the Civil Service / groomed as a future civil servant.
14 His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church.
15 It was argued that the civil and political status and rights of the citizen must be enshrined in a bill of rights.