Sentence examples for be civic from inspiring English sources
"be civic" is not a correct phrase in written English
You could use the phrase "be civically engaged" in written English to refer to activities such as voting, participating in local politics, and volunteering in the local community. For example: "It is important to be civically engaged, so that we can make sure our voices are heard in our local government."
adjective
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
- Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.
To benefit from civic pride, there should be civic responsibility attached.
"Social cohesion is a core aspect of what we're trying to achieve but one level above that would be civic participation," he said.
Pressing for public hearings and contributing reasoned commentary on the environment, gun safety, and social and labor issues will, more than ever, be civic responsibilities.
For sure there will be civic energy, that crucial driver of social and political change, in my meeting room as well as on the streets.
"What should be civic enterprise is now a largely privately funded amenity," said Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, chair of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center, which promotes public awareness for historic districts and landmarks.
To be civic, he says, a work has to engage and reverberate with many people, as the monumental Cubist sculpture that Picasso gave to the city of Chicago has done.
Individuals running corporations may well be civic-minded and altruistic and may try to make company policies work for the public good.
It is, however, the job of the rest of us to be civic-minded: to see that money, power and political connections play less of a role in children's life chances.
As Eva S. Moskowitz, executive director of the Harlem Success Academy, notes in Joyce Purnick's March 9 Metro Matters column, well-to-do parents jockeying for the "best" school slots for their kids "are not supposed to be civic-minded when they are worried about where their 5-year-old is going to go to school".
We should not be surprised to find Spinoza to be civic-minded.
I am inspired by this history of diplomacy and always feel it important to be civic-minded.
