civilly

Example Sentences

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Civilly committed patients with the most severe symptoms spend as much as 23 to 24 hours a day confined to cells the size of a parking space.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Civilly committed patients are afforded much more privacy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020

Civilly, child on hip, she asked Pruitt to resign, “before your scandals push you out”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2018

Civilly enough he took one down and showed it to me.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

Civilly disposed as they seemed, the fact that they were armed, and wore rich liveries of black and gold, caused me, and I think both of us, a momentary alarm.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John