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
He had been a sailor, and used to render Psalm civ.
From The Parish Clerk by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
