civilization
Example Sentences
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“However, we must not forget that remaining in our homeland and working day by day to develop a civilization of love and peace remains something very valuable.”
Sudan is a country with a long memory: Our history stretches back to the biblical Kingdom of Kush, one of Africa’s greatest civilizations.
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once said, “I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”
From Barron's
“Those are the two main threats to our civilization.”
An opinion piece in The Washington Post called the lawsuit “a threat to Western civilization.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
