Words similar to civilized

Example sentences for: civilized

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

Hair rose up and drove out hats in the 1960s--rose up, spread out, and flowed down in merciless torrents, sweeping away conventional hats as if they represented all that was loathsome in civilized life.
"Freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of the press, the right to private property--all these basic principles of a civilized society will be reliably protected by the state."
Yesterday the Journal and today again the Times had front-page pieces on how utterly stupid and pathetic and evil and beneath the dignity of any halfway civilized human being (OK, so they didn't necessarily use those exact words) the whole "managed" health-care system is.
Although we all plan to be civilized about it, if my father makes some offhand comment about the situation, it will be awkward to say the least.
The tribals explained that they wanted to prove that their standards of behavior were more civilized than those of Bin Ladin and his band of terrorists.