Example sentences for: civilized

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

  • But then, having learned how evil civilized Englishmen can be, Tarzan, Jane, and her father (in the PC universe, old and feeble white men are tolerable) decide to renounce civilized society for the jungle.

  • Most reviewers notice Caldwell's positive spin on the much-maligned Martha Stewart--that she democratizes civilized living by making it not a matter of class, but simply of good habits, which anyone can learn.

  • Such comments can hardly make life easier for the civilized Republicans like Amo Houghton and Rick Lazio of New York, whose dissent from party orthodoxy is all that is keeping the NEA alive at present.

  • The Great White Hope is at once more civilized and more savage than the "natives"--he is the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

  • Other interview shows may retain a smoother veneer of Socratic dialogue, but the emphasis on maintaining a civilized atmosphere actually dulls the intellectual rigor of the discussion.


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