civilize
Example Sentences
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Instead, he embraced the manly duty of the “great civilized nations of the present day” to ensure that the countries of the Western Hemisphere remain “stable, orderly, and prosperous.”
From Salon
And he declared the area to be an "innovative and highly civilized city representing the tourism culture of the country".
From Barron's
The 82-year-old author spent many hours interviewing these civic mentors, recording their prescriptions for a more civilized society.
It is also a conflict conducted in a remarkably civilized way, considering the passions involved.
Heaney was born with a subject he often resisted, and “Digging” turns away from violence to the civilizing necessity of work.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
