How to Use civil in a Sentence

civil

adjective

• 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
• This was the first step in a fight of many years to achieve justice and build a civil society.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Important to point out the former president hasn't been charged as part of this civil case.
  — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2022
• 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
• The couple is going to have a civil ceremony next month so that Amber can get on her future husband’s health insurance.
  — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
• Zoom in: Officials from government, business, academia and civil society gathered at a number of side events on Sunday to discuss current efforts.
  — Ina Fried, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025