civility
Example Sentences
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By the time I arrived in Albuquerque several years on, they were past annoyed, past concern, well past neighborhood civility.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
“Complaints and claims are legitimate, as long as they are made with civility and respect for public order,” he said on Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
She added: “The lead dissent ignores ordinary principles of dignity and civility and demeans this court. Neither the parties nor the panel dissent found it necessary to invoke such crude and vitriolic language.”
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
Still, others have praised the secretary's core message of respect and kindness, with one commenting: "I will do my small part to spread civility in my own life."
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
The civility of this encounter belied a caustic battle being waged outside Jackson Park for the rights to illuminate the exposition.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing civility
We the People: Civ
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"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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