be civil
Example Sentences
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“While we may not agree with everything America does,” Fouracres’ prime minister says at the end of the cold open, “we can still be civil and embrace their wonderful, unproblematic culture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
In some cases, reconciliation might be partial - being able to go to the same family functions and be civil, for example.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
They knew civil disobedience must be civil, peaceful resistance peaceful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
“It is supposed to be civil detention, but… it is a jail,” Michael Lukens of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, told NBC News in March.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025
It made me queasy, pretending to be civil with a person so beneath human decency that he could crawl under a pregnant ant.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
