How to Use civilly in a Sentence

civilly

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• With Prisco civilly walking the client to a patrol car.
  — Kwame Christian, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• The two passed the day civilly until Dianne Silveira’s sister called on the house phone that night.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• In 2012, a judge ordered Tu Nguyen to be civilly committed for up to six months.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
• This side in one corner, that side in the other corner and never the twain will meet, much less talk civilly.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• These adults who fail to secure their weapons should be on the hook both criminally and civilly.
  — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• People in power cannot speak civilly to each other about it.
  — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2022
• The outcome of the election will determine the tone on the board and whether its members can conduct their business civilly.
  — Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
• If that gun is used to commit a crime before the person turns 21, the co-signer would only be able to be held civilly liable.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• Presumably all this beating took place civilly, and things got done.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 June 2019
• And for inmates who want to sue civilly, there is little legal support.
  — Evan Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
• Two years later, he was found civilly liable for the double homicide.
  — NBC News, 15 Dec. 2021
• Young was also sued civilly by the family members of those killed in the accident.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2017
• This used to be a place where people with differing opinions hung out and discussed civilly.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2021
• Two years later, he was found civilly liable for wrongful death in the double homicide case.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The patient who attacked the workers and others had been civilly committed to the hospital in 2017.
  — Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022
• Remaining civilly engaged and involved is the best way to help your son and grandkids feel safe and supported.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
• The church announces that couples who have been married civilly no longer have to wait one year before getting sealed in a temple wedding.
  — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• During that time, Simpson was found civilly liable for the deaths of his ex-wife and Goldman in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the victims’ families.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• Some people lamented that the country’s ability to debate the tough issues of the day civilly seems hopelessly lost.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2018
• To that end, should the institutions that employed Nassar be held civilly liable?
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• And the folks that are going to be civilly and potentially criminally liable for these risks?
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• The two have clashed over the pope's openness to allowing civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion.
  — Nicole Winfield, Time, 1 July 2017
• However, two years later, he was found civilly liable for wrongful death in the double homicide case.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 July 2024
• The goal of the roadmap, said Louise Dubé, executive director of iCivics and a key contributor to the document, is to teach students how to disagree civilly.
  — NBC News, 28 May 2021
• California law has a provision that extends the time frame to pursue cases like these, at least civilly, when the victim is a minor.
  — Natalie Hope McDonald, Vulture, 22 June 2022
• Among the 28 men killed by their official partner (wife, civilly partnered), at least 60% of the victims were themselves violent, which leads us back to question the roots of male violence.
  — Laurène Daycard, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2018
• The gathering began civilly enough with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.
  — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
• Read more: The criticism centers on receipt of Communion by Catholics who have been civilly remarried.
  — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2017
• Baldwin in his role as actor appeared unlikely to be held criminally or civilly liable for the tragedy.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2021
• Thankfully things didn't escalate beyond a scoff in this case, but what should a traveler do in a similar situation to handle a pushy fellow passenger civilly?
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024