Sentence example with the word 'civility'

civility

acculturation, ceremonies, conformity, courteousness, dignities, favor, gentilities, intimacy, proprieties, rules of conduct, sociality

Definition n. formal or perfunctory politeness

Last update: July 17, 2015


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There were no reports of looting, and many shared what little food they had, maintaining civility under trying circumstances.   [noun]

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It is the measure of the civility of a people.   [noun]

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I should like to show the dear woman some more substantial civility.   [noun]

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He owes us that much civility.   [noun]

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"You have said enough, Major Heyward," exclaimed the angry old man; "enough to make a volume of commentary on French civility."   [noun]

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Yet on Fareham's appearance at Whitehall Lady Castlemaine distinguished with a marked civility, and even condescended, smilingly, as if there were no cause of quarrel, to inquire after his wife.   [noun]

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And that this amazing condescension--received with a smiling and curtsying civility--should have been unacknowledged by any reciprocal courtesy was an affront that could hardly be wiped out with blood.   [noun]

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Charles treated him with chill civility.   [noun]

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