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"Civilized" in a Sentence (13 examples)
We live in a civilized society.
If it were not for electricity, our civilized life would be impossible.
You could try and be a bit more civilized.
All civilized countries are against war.
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
So long as you live in a civilized or thickly populated community you will still need to understand your own nature and the natures of other people.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
The missionaries civilized the natives.
In civilized Europe, bulls are still tortured and killed for fun.
Look under the skin of a civilized man and you will find a barbarian.
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In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.
Like the wolf, man the hunter in killing the weak and unfit, actually works to maintain the health of the herd. But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things.
A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […]‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
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