Example sentences for: civilized

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

  • My position is that without rules and civilized, ordered behavior, life would be nasty, brutish, and short (to borrow from Hobbes).

  • A firm and commensurate response was essential to protect our sovereignty, to send a message to those who engage in state-sponsored terrorism, to deter further violence against our people, and to affirm the expectation of civilized behavior among nations."

  • The civilized world is simply tired of racism, discrimination and atrocities."

  • Prudie thinks it's marvelous that you and your spouse of two decades are able to unhitch in a civilized, amiable manner.

  • Ours is not now, nor is it ever likely to become, a "civilized" culture in the European sense of the word.


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