civ

Example Sentences

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Our civ evaded that crisis with a technological side-step that seemed so obvious, so easy and graceful, that few even noticed or commented.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

And if the four main characters are meant to personify the decline of Western civ, Polanski’s one significant addition to the play undercuts that dour generalization.

From Time • Dec. 14, 2011

And if the four main characters are meant to personify the decline of Western civ, Polanski's one significant addition to the play undercuts that dour generalization.

From Time • Sep. 2, 2011

Still, the city dweller, though besieged by chronic noise among other civ ic abominations, is not indifferent to his plight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last of these names we may dismiss at once, the form being clearly not that of Yahweh, but of Yah, the Jah of Ps. civ.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge