Sentence examples for were civilized from inspiring English sources
verb
Alternative spelling of civilise
Her joys and her sorrows were civilized, contained, never extreme.
Mosley and Forrest were civilized toward each other.
They were civilized and practical, whether obsessing about God, glory or the garage.
"If this world were civilized we would be able to settle things by talking," she said.
"You thought you were civilized, but when war shows up, who cares?" she said.
Explaining perfectly why plain-as-pudding French politicians often had daring youths on the extreme left or right, Stein tells us that all Frenchmen have to be revolutionary: "How could you be civilized if you had not passed through a period of revolt, and then you had to return to your pre-revolt state and there you were you were civilized".
The words, "civil" or "civility" simply mean "kindness", "respect", "politeness", or "the state of being civilized".
Every time people of this generation act civilized, I thank them up and down for being civilized".
