civ

Example Sentences

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Our civ evaded that crisis with a technological side-step that seemed so obvious, so easy and graceful, that few even noticed or commented.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

And if the four main characters are meant to personify the decline of Western civ, Polanski’s one significant addition to the play undercuts that dour generalization.

From Time • Dec. 14, 2011

And if the four main characters are meant to personify the decline of Western civ, Polanski's one significant addition to the play undercuts that dour generalization.

From Time • Sep. 2, 2011

The film must also be an up-front metaphor for the cosmic anomie of Western civ, and, to boot, a bilious satire on the smugness of the nuclear family.

From Time Magazine Archive

"O Lord, how manifest are thy works; in wisdom hast thou made them all!"—Psalm civ.

From The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age by Wilderspin, Samuel