Sentence examples for civilised with from inspiring English sources

It was very civilised, with no acrimony".

There are 11 of us on the labour ward and it's been pretty civilised, with no dramas yet.

Although there are a couple of girls at the Ledbury, and the men tend to be more civilised with us around".

Grieg's Holberg Suite arguably sounded a little too civilised, with rather more of its folk-inspired rough edges smoothed away than actually desirable.

At first last night's debate was civilised, with both sides talking sensibly about what they thought about how the EU affects the economy and the job market for graduates.

Very civilised, with a lacquered smoking room, a cellar with live jazz, and cocktails that are more than equal to the décor makes this as swell as it gets.

My wild mallard is deeply civilised, served with creamed savoy cabbage studded with bits of bacon.

Transdniestria's president, Yevgeny Shevchuk, talks of a "civilised divorce" with Moldova and a "prosperous and independent Transdniestria together with Russia .But Moscow has been keener to use Transdniestria as a tool for achieving other priorities than as its next expansionary prize.

There was also that word, "civilised", heavy with colonial connotations that Beard, being a classicist, ought to have harnessed with more care and self-awareness.

Germany is an eminently civilised country with a solidly entrenched democracy.

But unlike every other civilised country with a presidential system of democracy, we don't have a national popular vote.