How to Use civil in a Sentence

civil

adjective
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  • She was barely civil to me.
  • It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry.
  • They got married in a civil ceremony at city hall.
  • The Texas Supreme Court is the highest court in the state that rules on civil cases.
    — Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Oct. 2024
  • It’s put aside the rule of law and civil behavior in favor of shock troops.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • Bauer is seeking to use the ruling to get the civil suit the accuser has filed against him thrown out of court.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The verdict in the civil trial came with lightning speed.
    — Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Everywhere there was civil order, for the arm of the Roman law was long.
    — WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Silva's ex-wife is not named as a defendant in the civil suit.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The Married to the Mob streetwear founder has also since shared a lengthy statement about her decision to file a civil suit.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • O’Donnell promised that the state would protect him in civil court, Donnelly-Taylor and one of his lawyers have said.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The civil lawsuit was filed on behalf of the families of the Chastains, who were brothers, and Sparks.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Violators would have faced civil penalties and a fine of up to $5,000 by the State Police.
    — CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The noise of democracy is not agreement, isn’t civil, is not a common ground.
    — Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There is not a full civil trial that is used, for example.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The Siglers filed for bankruptcy in 2020 amid the civil court proceedings.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • That is a job for the civil justice system, the prosecutor said in a press release.
    — Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2023
  • But Fred continued to take comfort in the civil suit verdict.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The court sided with four survivors of the attack who brought a civil suit against the Dutch state for compensation.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Trump has said the case – and all his criminal and civil cases – are intended to harm his prospects in the 2024 election.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The former president faces more than a half-a-billion dollars in civil judgements against him in the past month alone.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Former President Trump is expected to take the stand this week in the civil fraud trial in New York.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • But legal experts and civil society groups say the changes don’t go far enough.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Scheffler’s lawyer threatened to file a civil suit against the department.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 June 2024
  • In August 2021, a judge in the United States allowed a civil lawsuit brought by Giuffre to proceed.
    — Max Taylor, NBC News, 5 May 2023
  • The woman filed a civil lawsuit against McGregor in 2021.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • Now the practice — one of the most sustained efforts of the post-civil-rights era to improve racial equality — is under threat.
    — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Both were filed in late March to fall within the two-year window Alaska requires for civil lawsuits like these.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • William Ibbs, a civil engineering expert and incoming chair of the peer group, said the potential funding cut will only add to the rail difficulty.
    — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, federal law imposes significant criminal and civil penalties on those who do so.
    — Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2025

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