Example sentences for: civil

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

  • In the early '60s, he was a staunch civil rights advocate.

  • China’s civil war sent distressing echoes to Hong Kong.

  • Even legalization advocates are for the most part scared to defend drug use as a legitimate pleasure or the right to alter your own consciousness as a civil liberty; they just talk about "harm reduction."

  • A truly liberal government would be strictly neutral between citizens, and do as little as possible to rob them of their civil liberties and worldly goods.

  • Nixon was a "civil, serious, dedicated, judicious, and highly intelligent man," Stein said.


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