Sentence examples for semblance of civilization from inspiring English sources
In his 1995 novel "The Diamond Age," Neal Stephenson, an American science-fiction writer, envisions a future so dystopian that the social structures of Victorian England have been recreated to maintain at least a semblance of civilization.
Below a dirt path three miles from Georgetown where darkness had settled in and the only semblance of civilization was the headlights of commuters on Canal Road racing home to the suburbs, I looked around to see if anyone could hear or see me.
One of the best comics of 2015 was Black River, a story about a group of survivors – and two dogs – trying to find a city with some semblance of civilization in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event.
Indeed, part of the enjoyment of the film is watching the members of the ensemble as they act and interact with one another, first aboard a stagecoach and then inside a store on the edge of the frontier where mayhem and madness destroy any semblance of civilization.
At times there's a vague semblance of past civilization, but clearly overrun for ages.
"Although it's a timeless concept, I think the story of lost or abandon children trying to reconstruct some semblance of mythology and civilization is more pertinent now than ever, considering the fragility of times we live in," says Vochatzer.
We was out of civilization.
The rivers of civilization.
The cradle of civilization yearned for some civilization.
Otherwise a lot of civilization just disappears".
