How To Use Civility In A Sentence

We will improve self-governance among urban residents and build new-type and well-managed communities featuring civility and harmony.
Mr. Collins repeated his apologies in quitting the room, and was assured with unwearying civility that they were perfectly needless. Pride and Prejudice
The result is families under siege, war in the streets, the precipitous decline of the rule of law, the rapid rise of corruption, the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit.
Most bothersome is during this week of Kanye, Serena and Wilson with virtually every news site asking are we rude/have we lost our civility, is that people from the stature of James Carville to presumably educated people writing comments, are ranting, raving and name calling. Carville takes aim at latest tell-all on Bush
The lack of civility is very disturbing," said Terrence C. Donilon, the archdiocesan spokesman. Catholic Blogs Aim To Purge Dissenters

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It is the fact that civility requires us to show respect for people we do not know that invests it with a strong moral quality.
It's a small, slow act of civility in a brutish world. Times, Sunday Times
All about us one sees the flourishing of a vigorous new illiteracy, widely distributed and attached to muscular incivility and crime.
This spectrum of ‘legitimized’ violence continues through the acts of the eco-terrorists and animal liberationists to widespread rudeness, crudeness and incivility.
We could make it a self-fulfilling prophecy if we assume they have civility and regard them all and treat them all as one.
In the same three-month period, complaints for the central area included five for incivility, seven for assault, one for racial behaviour, and one for unlawful detention.
And in a recent column in the Catholic New World, the archdiocesan newspaper, he called for a renewed civility in debates in the church and in the wider culture.
When politeness is all we have connecting us to others, incivility takes on an exaggerated significance.
Dark corners, shelves, eaves, and window ledges sparkle with lights and decorations that celebrate the year as they annunciate our civility and hope. Tom Gregory: Baby Jesus is Kidnapped in Beverly Hills (Video)
As a result, nominees have been left in limbo, courthouses sit empty, justice is delayed, political rhetoric has escalated and political civility has suffered.
The core idea is present in what he refers to as the criterion of reciprocity and the duty of civility. Publicity
An anarchic streak coexists with respect for decency and civility.
I am so sick of the sanctimony of bigmouths lecturing them about the need for civility in the wake of her murder.
When a stranger calls, no rules of social comportment apply beyond whatever passes for civility from one man to the next.
Dennis and Erdos think that the fear is well justified by a thousand cumulative trends, beginning with the habitual incivility of teenagers from broken homes and ending with serious and organised crime.
I too believe that digital literacy is part of literacy -- however I categorize digital citizenship to include more than literacy, online safety, privacy protection, civility, and what I call techno-personal skills. Digital Literacy Comes Home
However, that cannot be done without at least a modicum of civility!
Packing was an occupation that rewarded innate qualities and paid little regard to status or civility.
He calls for these students to exercise the kind of civility he recalls on campus in 1968.
He was committed -- spoke of “when” not “if” he becomes mayor – and ticked all the right boxes: the need to make first homes cheaper, to investigate the congestion charge, to champion civility, tackle yobbery and replace the murderous bendy-bus with a “route-master for the 21st century”. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
Civility costs nothing.
While assuming a pose of utmost civility and cordiality, Caroline is relentless in her campaign to undermine me.
He is what Dr. Johnson calls a rapturist, and I saw plainly he meant to pour forth much civility into my ears. Life Of Johnson
The Badawi who eructates as a civility, has a mortal hatred to a crepitus ventris; and were a by-stander to laugh at its accidental occurrence, he would at once be cut down as a “pundonor.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Rather, it's very clear that Will cut the line because it was an inconvenient impediment to his journalistic goal, which was to portray Webb as a "boor" who was rude to the Commander in Chief, and to show that this new upstart is a threat to Washington's alleged code of "civility and clear speaking" (his words). George Will Distorts WaPo's Own Reporting To Smear Jim Webb
We should be able to disagree with a certain level of civility, but I do not agree that we are obligated to become a passive melded blob of single opinioned, mindless butt-kissers. Leave the political S*** somewhere else!!!
They seem to think that if we can just hold on to our notions of civility and good government, politics will go back to being a more or less collegial game defined by cooperation and compromise.
Random acts of civility do appear to be at an all-time low.
During the eighth century, Chinese civility was not only assimilated, it was reproduced in toto.
For a culture that holds dear the concepts of fair play, civility, honest effort - in short, sportsmanship - intercollegiate athletics at times sure has a strange way of showing its commitment to such values. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
To this end civility is indispensable, heedless of whether we reject their integrationist aspirations. Times, Sunday Times
He considers himself polite, honest and caring but claims he doesn't get the reciprocal civility he deserves. Times, Sunday Times
A society that supports violent retribution and misnames it "justice" launches an assault against civility and nonviolent restoration. Brad R. Braxton: Getting in Front of Jesus: The Politics of Progressive Christianity (Part II)
However Theodore acknowledges that it might be the case that it's not hat-wearing that makes a man civil, dapper and courteous; it could be civility, dapperness and courtesy that make a man wear a hat.
He said it with as much jocoseness as civility allowed, then at once rose. New Grub Street
According to Wong, the aestheticization of Chinese history makes it palatable, along with reinforcing the Orientalist binary opposition between eastern barbarity and western civility.
For civility does indeed preclude political radicalism of the kind concerned with the gratification of the individual at the expense of the public good. IN DEFENCE OF ARISTOCRACY
Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
I, on the other hand, expect people to keep their speech within the limits of civility.
It's a small, slow act of civility in a brutish world. Times, Sunday Times
Rosica really means by the phrase “civility, charity, mercy and politeness” is a kind of pantywaist political correctness, void of testicular fortitude, that is so afraid to identify and call out blatant evil in the public square. On Catholic Crowd-Pleasers
That it is so, take, said he, any young boy of this time who hath only studied two years, -- if he have not a better judgment, a better discourse, and that expressed in better terms than your son, with a completer carriage and civility to all manner of persons, account me for ever hereafter a very clounch and bacon-slicer of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1
Papa addressed him at the school tea-drinking, with _constrained_ civility, but still with _civility_. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
That it is so, take, said he, any young boy of this time who hath only studied two years, — if he have not a better judgment, a better discourse, and that expressed in better terms than your son, with a completer carriage and civility to all manner of persons, account me for ever hereafter a very clounch and bacon-slicer of Brene. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
In calling for civility, courage, compassion, and character, he spoke to the desire of many for greater national comity and citizen accountability.
Stroszek, is this name-calling the dawning of the Obamacult's understanding of civility and not marginalizing anybody in a democracy? Report: Obama Meets Unconditionally With George Will, Bill Kristol, David Brooks
An egregious example of non-compromise and lack of civility took place last July.
Among her pithy observations was the fact that ‘men are vile inconstant toads’; and that ‘civility costs nothing and buys everything’.
I hear the paste-eater is a drug-addicted whackjob who has imaginery conversations with his drugs (um, I did a lot of drugs and they never, uh, talked to me), the telcos are actively helping the government spy on us (um, duh) and lying about it, the Right is crying their mascara-stained eyes out for some civility the turd blossom might get indicted and even Newt “killing-the-government-to-save-it” Gingrich knows when to jump ship. Think Progress » Gingrich on NSA Phone Records Program: Administration’s Conduct Can’t ‘Be Defended By Reasonable People’
But the idea of phasing in ethics and civility I don't think makes a whole lot of sense. CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2007
Lady Margaret received her with a coldness that bordered upon incivility; irascible by nature and jealous by situation, the appearance of beauty alarmed, and of chearfulness disgusted her. Cecilia
Americans must focus on reason and civility over contrived irrational, fear driven emotionalism from the shrill right wing. 'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour aimed at health care
Civility is an essential virtue in a free society, for without it, both free market capitalism and liberal democracy risk degenerating into anarchy or repression.
Anyone who remembered the plastic visors, the guns and staves of police guarding the Justice Department during Vietnam protests had to be struck with the civility of it all.
Common civility also had a place in religious life. Times, Sunday Times
The cry of 'Clo'-pole-line-pins' is one long familiar to the neighbourhood; and as this honest couple have earned a good reputation by a long course of civility and probity, they enjoy the advantage of a pretty extensive connection. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852
And then, lurking just under the bonnet of the polished civility, there is something angular and awkward. Times, Sunday Times
But as a political hyperbolist who sometimes goes too far, I will miss his civility even more. "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him this morning."
There has been a rise in the number of complaints of incivility in certain areas, and this has been identified here as fixed penalty tickets that have been issued for road safety matters like driving while not wearing a seat belt.
We have worked humbly and tirelessly to bring civility in political discourse to the next level.
The shops doing Business with civility are highly praised By customers.
Even a mouthy sort like me values civility but I have a great deal of trouble sparing it for people who are invading my private time in my own home uninvited.
While acknowledging the tough-mindedness of this view, I can't help hoping that we can one day work out how to have a civilization that doesn't depend on the threat of the ultimate incivility.
Ph. D, author, and a man of great note in his own mind, he patricianly attempts to lectures us all about his vainglorious sense of political civility, use of common day technology (e.g., GraniteGrok
Even Scottish officials castigated Gaelic ('the Irish language') as 'one of the chief and principal causes of the continuance of barbarity and incivility amongst the inhabitants of the isles and highlands'.
Please have the civility to knock before you enter next time.
As Booth was a sweet-tempered man, as well as somewhat of a philosopher, he behaved with all the good-humour imaginable, and indeed, with more than his companions; who, however, shewed him what they call civility, that is, they neither struck him nor spit in his face. Amelia — Complete
Why should one of the elect be bothered about table manners, if cognitive ability, without virtue or civility, is the alpha and omega of human excellence?
On the 13th an entertainment was pro - vided on board the Batchelor for the Spanifh centk - men, to which I was carried, being not wle to move myfelf, but was hoifted in a chair out of the ihip into the Batchelor -, where we agreed, that a de - putation fhould be fent from each fhip, to wait on the governor with a handfome prefent, in acknow - ledgement for his great civility, and the readineis he exprefled to fupply us. A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America
This seemingly minor incident is a manifestation in this writer's opinion of the new culture of incivility and bad behaviour which are now permeating our society.
At a meeting with progressive bloggers yesterday, Obama addressed the stomping of the MoveOn. org activist and the rise in violence, saying, I think that one of the things that I've always tried to promote is civility in politics. From Rand Paul Stomper To Allen West's Bikers: Rise In Far-Right Violence During 2010 Elections
Remember it well: Only fools engage in lawyerly “civility” without being sure to get something in return. Tips from the Machiavellian Lawyer
He considers himself polite, honest and caring but claims he doesn't get the reciprocal civility he deserves. Times, Sunday Times
He reckons that the answer lies in promoting ‘civility, mutual respect, a semblance of decency’.
The real test of a person's civility is the way they treat those who have less power and status than they do.
And the same, who feeleth this inclination in himself, by all likelihood may hope, or rather confidently repose in the preordinance of God, that in this last age of the world (or likely never) the time is complete of receiving also these gentiles into His mercy, and that God will raise Him an instrument to effect the same; it seeming probable by event of precedent attempts made by the Spaniards and French sundry times, that the countries lying north of Florida God hath reserved the same to be reduced unto Christian civility by the English nation. Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Voyage to Newfoundland. Paras. 1-49
However, the principle of civility certainly does not require the state to enforce that value, by criminalising incivility.
Despite her plain clothes, she radiated a ladylike politeness and civility.
Mr. Wilson, your outburst is a reflection of the lack of civility we see among our political leaders. Wilson calls White House to apologize
A remnant of British civility and decency, might be more to the point. Times, Sunday Times
A deeper form of civility asks us to make an effort to treat other people with respect.
A pair of fulminating fingers stretched upward like cosmological Aztec temples; clutching at the fuscous firmament as hunger surpassed civility.
But all acts of civility are, by common consent, understood to be no more than a conformity to custom, for the quiet and conveniency of society, the 'agremens' of which are not to be disturbed by private dislikes and jealousies. Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752
Many other English authors were inclined towards contrasting the barbarity of the Scots, Irish, and Welsh with the civility and polish of the English.
The hang-loose gesture of surf culture - a raised fist with the pinky and thumb out - is in fact the Hawaiian shaka gesture, communicating the spirit of aloha, or love and civility.
In the old days, there was a course in the curriculum, called budi pekerti, meaning roughly "the principles of civility" or "the general rules of civil behavior '. The Jakarta Post Breaking News
The roughness and want of refinement, which is legitimately complained of in this country, is often mitigated by instances of civility.
It is the fact that civility requires us to show respect for people we do not know that invests it with a strong moral quality.
He has also restricted traditional public access to City Hall and demanded civility and politeness from traditionally sharp-tongued and sarcastic New Yorkers.
I was returned to Earth by Zeta Ray, and immediately set about writing lurid pulp novels, in order to help destroy the literary conventions and tastes of mankind: once all sense of civility vanishes from a culture, it is relatively easy to turn them into zombies. INTERVIEW: Zombie John C. Wright
Respect for referees was always going to be a hard sell in a culture where civility has broken down, vituperation plagues the blogosphere and the streets seethe with random fury. Hardline defence of referees is a symptom of failure | Paul Hayward
I want civility and respect to triumph over anti-social behaviour.
The term civility refers to behaviour between persons and groups that conforms to a social mode that is, in accordance with the civil society, as itself being a foundational principle of society and law. Manners, Civility, Social Graces and Love of One's Neighbor
And then, lurking just under the bonnet of the polished civility, there is something angular and awkward. Times, Sunday Times
It's a small politeness, a civility that makes no judgment. Times, Sunday Times
In an interview with the Observer to mark a year in her role as the 79th Commons chaplain, Hudson-Wilkin admits to a "secret prayer" that an outbreak of civility will one day transform Wednesday lunchtimes and end what she calls the "boys' games of yelling and shouting, the noise and all of that. Commons chaplain Rose Hudson-Wilkin warns rowdy MPs
Such statements are entirely within the bounds of ‘tolerance’ and ‘civility,’ and they need no apology.
A group called New York Pride is trying to persuade fellow citizens to show more civility.
Expertly juggling pathos and humour, Baumbach has created a queasy tug-of-war between surface civility and subterranean resentment.
Our definitions of civility obviously differ greatly, probably when it comes down to what I call faux civility. No, That’s Not The Difference
It's a timeless conceit, but in "The Rules of Civility," Amor Towles sets it convincingly in a late-1930s milieu where the limousines and cocktail parties of the haut monde contrast piquantly with the wider context of the Great Depression. The Best Fiction of 2011
The liberal "civility" extended to conservatives is baffling considering liberals extol tolerance as one of their virtue! Liz Cheney open to running for office
The middling distance that results as people pull back and forth is called politeness or civility. Bloodlust
But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility. The Small House at Allington
The lager lout/hooligan reputation has been something of a British characteristic for a while, but now the culture of incivility seems to be affecting more areas of society.
Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
War should not be a bad idea when fought within an agreable notion; when fought with some level of civility and caution. Obama: McCain should admit he was wrong on surge comments
Although undeniably proud of their newly won political independence, the former colonials still aspired to many of the European cultural and material standards of refinement and civility.
To my astonishment, Beavers did not respond with the veneer of civility that usually masks his repugnance.
It also betrays an insensitivity to history and a lack of basic human respect and civility. Christianity Today
And precisely because the questions are so important we should be prepared, as in political matters, to tolerate a high degree of incivility as the price of open and sincere debate.
The code of conduct stipulates among other things that lawyers should conduct the cases in a respectful manner, restrains them from acting with incivility, rudeness or showing disrespectful conduct to the presiding judge.
Enraged bus users are misdialling and then subjecting the holiday team to every type of incivility, both before and after they were told of their error.
Last year 70 complaints of incivility were recorded by the force.
Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
And then, lurking just under the bonnet of the polished civility, there is something angular and awkward. Times, Sunday Times
His temper was sparked easily, but he also had patience and civility like none other.
There is no civility in throwing stones and damaging property or beating up unsuspecting passers-by.
I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. William Penn
Please have the civility to knock before you enter next time.
Despite her plain clothes, she radiated a ladylike politeness and civility.
Have you heard about the new national political organization called a ragtag collection of journalists, pundits, and politicians who claim they support civility in campaigning and bipartisanship in government. Crooks and Liars
Staff members are trained to treat customers with civility at all times.
But it is a matter of common civility and good manners for young limbs to give way to older ones. Times, Sunday Times
I hope they have a runout session on "Civility in American Politics," but then, probably none of them would understand the concept. 2012 on the ballot at conservative conference
He cocked his hat at me, as if I had been to blame for this partiality; then changed again into his usual swaggering civility, shook me by the hand, and set off down to the boat, with the money under his arms, and whistling as he went the pathetic air of shule aroon. Persecutions Endured
Complaints of incivility have since fallen by 19.4 per cent in the last quarter, while neglect of duty dropped 9.7 per cent.
If the ambience was pleasant, the atmosphere good, civilisation and civility survived. SPLITTING
To reject these teachings is to reject our manners and civility.
But it sure was a far cry from the civility and warm kindness he showed me during that other party.
When he visited us in Delhi, I was immediately charmed by his grace, civility and intellectual sensitivity.
We legislate them for ourselves, and also for others, when we demand respect or civility or forbearance from them.
After the last player folded and the game broke up, whatever civility the two sides had mustered quickly evaporated.
For a culture that holds dear the concepts of fair play, civility, honest effort -- in short, sportsmanship -- intercollegiate athletics at times sure has a strange way of showing its commitment to such values. Myles Brand: Getting a Grip on Fan Behavior in College Sports
The civility and wildness of the river coexist, much like Huck's personality.
Please have the civility to knock before you enter next time.
We've gone from the repressive culture of the Victorian era, through the enforced civility of the 40's and 50's, past the wild rebellion of the 60's and 70's, right up to the Pit Bull Throat-Ripping Mentality of the 2000's... prompting the worst of us to regress to a certain and deeply unfortunate state of grunting Neanderthalism. Lorraine Devon Wilke: I Know You Are but What Am I?! The Snark Epidemic in Modern Media Discourse
The danger associated with this incivility is marked in the change of behaviour.
Here too, it seems, is a force for decency and civility that needs support.
For if innocence cannot attract common civility, what must guilt expect, when novelty has ceased to have its charms, and changeableness had taken place of it? Pamela
Complaints against police officers continue to fall, but half of all allegations still involve claims of assault or incivility, according to a new report.
On the 13th an entertainment was pro - vided on board the Batchelor for the Spanifh gentle - 1 men, to which 1 was carried, being not able to move myfeif, but was hoifled in a chair out of the fhip into the Batchelor -, where we agreed, that a de - putation fhould be lent from each fhip, to wait on the governor with a handfome prefent, in acknow - ledgement for his great civility, and the readinefs he expreffcd to fupply us. A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America
Of course the marooned crew tried to maintain civility and culture in their surroundings.
The civility with which they acknowledge their faults is a positive characteristic, one associated with real culture.
The Lady Fleming restricted her notice to the most dry and distant expressions of civility, and Catherine Seyton became bitter in her pleasantries, and shy, cross, and pettish, in any intercourse they had together. The Abbot
The Badawi who eructates as a civility, has a mortal hatred to a crepitus ventris; and were a by-stander to laugh at its accidental occurrence, he would at once be cut down as a “pundonor.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
While assuming a pose of utmost civility and cordiality, Caroline is relentless in her campaign to undermine me.
There would be a strong emphasis on "civics" - including the teaching of basic civility - and the schools would employ psychologists to find out what had really gone wrong with the children.
KING (on camera): And striking to listen to the ceremonies today, Anderson, the term civility used over and over again at the cathedral in Washington in recent days as the final tributes were paid to the 38th president of the United States. CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2007
We should not be afraid to speak out against acts of incivility - simple things like asking the person at the beach to refrain from swearing.
Rep. Joe Wilson actually proved president's point that we have lost the civility in disagreeing with each others point of view. Borger: Obama was tough and determined
And it would have required all the civility possessed by Earl Russell to frame despatches to avoid a castigatory war, such as that with which we are now menaced because some of our upper ten thousand believed what the London: Saturday, August 26, 1865
Please have the civility to knock before you enter next time.
An abstract discussion of free speech, in which, to quote Webster again, no distinction is made 'between the freedom to impart information and the freedom to insult' (ibid.), is in effect a strategy which isolates the would-be 'blasphemer' from the actual historical and interpersonal constraints which secure a reasonable level of civility in human society (after all, we do restrain freedom of speech by laws about libel and slander). Archbishop's lecture - Religious Hatred and Religious Offence
Their "uncivil" behavior prompted a number of so-called free speech advocates to start propounding about the need for civility. John W. Whitehead: Forcing Politicians to Listen: Dissent, Rebellion and All-Around Hell-Raising
We legislate them for ourselves, and also for others, when we demand respect or civility or forbearance from them.
Their sense of fairness, justice and civility have been deeply injured.
The Europe case is sound but the baggage that comes with it is unattractive and in any case a world of electoral dreams The other problem is that this attitudinising will leave the Conservative party entirely in the hands of Liberals with any move towards UKIP policies, which are widely supported, appearing actually treacherous This is very bad indeed and entirely the fault of UKIP who have failed to maintain respectability and civility. Priestly Castes and Political Exclusion
Belnar, I noted, rather than suggesting civility in his hall, quaffed paga, noncommittally. Cinnamon Roll
The most extreme threat to the principles of civility comes, then, not from the direct negation of the truth of its inversion, but rather from its perversion.
And we'll discuss polemics and the recapturing of civility at the center of the country soon.
Even if you disagree with the views of others, treat them with civility and agree to differ.
If you are interested in being on WAAM 1600 I would like to arrange it, but it would be important to me that we provide a structured format where the issues in your latest book can be discussed with a civility that the complex issues and emotions require rather than a shouting match with the host or the hosts regular callers who may have forgotten to take their medication from the morning. Inauguration 1-20-09
Most allegations relate to incivility, impoliteness and intolerance (32%) – essentially allegations that officers were rude and impolite. “Two Years” for Jon Harper Killer « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
‘Our quest here is not about incivility, the promotion of rancour or pursuit of conflict, but about working together for development,’ Manning said.
The bishop rose to greet him with special civility, smiling his very sweetest smile on him, as though of all his clergy the archdeacon were the favourite; but Mrs Proudie wore something of a gloomy aspect, as though she knew that such a visit at such an hour must have reference to some special business. Framley Parsonage
Rather, it's very clear that Will cut the line because it was an inconvenient impediment to his journalistic goal, which was to portray Webb as a "boor" who was rude to the Commander in Chief, and to show that this new upstart is a threat to Washington's alleged code of "civility and clear speaking" his words. Hullabaloo
So tolerance, civility and open discussion are useful places to start.
This suggests that negative stereotypes are not widely held or are at least cloaked in external civility.
There's your fish for you," she said, "and fadge and oaten farles, and if you want more you'd better show some civility to the woman that does for you. The Northern Iron
He was received with flawless, cold courtesy—the “ceremonious civility” which Washington had once described as tantamount to incivility. Washington
They are adults standing for, one presumes, responsible behaviour and the higher values of civility and democracy.
I like the idea of freewheeling conversation and all I simply want is for civility from those who care about this site. 99% of the time all is well but sometimes it gets out of kilter. Archive 2009-08-06
There was a choice of risks: the risk of behaving with extraordinary incivility and unhandsomeness to a lady, and the risk of going on a fool's errand. The Dynamiter
In keeping with his character, Langer's hardness exists beneath a veneer of civility.
I find that civility is being driven from our political discourse.
-- Gothic affability is the mode you think proper to adopt, the condescension of a Baron, not the civility of a liberal man (47). Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England'
It would be nice if we could have some civility and comity for awhile; this is exhausting and mostly unproductive.
But it would seem that asking a burglar to a Neighbourhood Watch meeting is putting civility above common sense. Times, Sunday Times
Instead, they were moments that struck me as evidence that the vestiges of basic human civility could remain, despite the all-encompassing hedonism and mechanism.
Please have the civility to knock before you enter next time.
His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond.
Although he was received by her with the most distinguished civility, and even an intimacy of friendship, all his solicitations could never extort from her an acknowledgment of love: on the contrary, being of a gay disposition, she sometimes coquetted with other admirers, that his attention thus whetted might never abate, and that he might see she had other resources in case he should flag in his affection. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
It is an uneasy opening, as we watch Monroe have to shed his civility and have to regress: his modern nature being slowly eroded by the barbarian surroundings.
Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover Maister Mishdigoat's own monumentsh --- It's like dat he meant I should be his heirs --- so it would not be civility in me not to come mineself for mine inheritance. '' The Antiquary
In our behaviour, there is an increased insensibility and a frightening decrease of civility, decency and sense of justice.
As I pass through the Customs I know I am in a new country: The colours and emblems are different; the civility - your candid, fair-spoken civility - is different; you are not as spendthrift as we - that is the Scotch in you - and you seem so much more intent on obeying the law. Books and Canada
It poses a direct and hard-hitting question: to what extent is civility compatible with religion?
Humanity has yet to evolve to a level of civility where arms are not required to achieve detente.
Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse. Randy Jurado Ertll: Bullying and Incivility Have Become an Epidemic
Politics now dominates - and the level of civility descends to new lows.
Those who do must be held accountable so that we may once again establish civility in our places of public discourse. Joe Wilson: sorry if you were offended when I called the President a liar. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Company pointing out loss of time and inconvenience through incivility, and asking them for small pecuniary compensation, they have assumed the rhinoceros hide, and nilled my request with dry eyes. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
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Yet in the end, I could not muster the courage to shatter the atmosphere of respectful civility.

How To Use Civility In A Sentence

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