- present participle of civilize.
civilizing
Example Sentences
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Heaney was born with a subject he often resisted, and “Digging” turns away from violence to the civilizing necessity of work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Love, in Marivaux’s world, is a civilizing force — much to the fairy’s fury.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
One might guess that the civilizing influence of Boomtown would form the arc of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
What did “the civilizing mission” of industrialized nations entail?
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Cinna and Portia seem to have a civilizing effect on Haymitch and Effie.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
