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

All the candidates are for social justice and civ ilized cities, against mass violence and individual murder.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pendentives: Angels, with inscriptions above from Psalm civ.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur