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

I was lucky, always had enough willing troopers around I never had to go to a civ man—but I always got more out of Special Ops men.

From The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann