How to Use civility in a Sentence

civility

noun

• They greeted each other with the usual exchange of civilities.
• But the show has known that the stakes of civility are too high not to crack up from time to time.
  — Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• Blame the enemy for the death of civility, and swear to bury the godless curs alive. VI.
  — Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2022
• The Barcelona team had asked its fans to behave with civility and not to affect the match.
  — Fox News, 19 Dec. 2019
• Across the country, the last decade has seen a stark decline in civility.
  — oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2019
• The burden of civility, the police claim, falls on the couple.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• The bottom line is that civility is the new bottom line.
  — Shelby Scarbrough, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• There was a sense of civility to him, and maybe the ground crew saw that in interacting with him.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2024
• Pelosi is asked at a news conference about the breakdown of civility in the House.
  — Arit John, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2022
• This time the Trump-Biden debates need tight rules of civility.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
• Price's title hints at the angst and lack of civility among some of the attendees.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
• Slavery ruled in 1854, in the same spot civility reigns now.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2021
• Critics on the right pounced, accusing the left of a lack of civility.
  — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 July 2018
• In the wake of Sarah Sanders being asked to leave a Virginia restaurant, there's been a lot of talk about civility.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 28 June 2018
• And there’s still time to regain some civility in our public life once Trump leaves the White House.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• All of this with the usual civility reserved for a knife fight.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
• And the way she's done it, these bold things, always with civility and kindness.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 14 Nov. 2022
• Of course, some are chiming in with calls for civility.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 May 2022
• Here are some of the reasons experts say led to more civility.
  — Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2020
• The trip will be aimed at making the case for the need for greater civility in our political process.
  — Katie Ross Dominick, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2019
• Etiquette was part of the great wave of civilities books that rolled out across America in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 27 June 2019
• Order, beauty, civility — small weapons against the evils that threatened to ram at the gates.
  — Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• Want to help keep your inbox a place of civility and courtesy?
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 6 Nov. 2019
• Asked about Vance’s comments, Buttigieg took the high road while still making a very sharp point about civility.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 24 July 2024
• The party of civility and decorum will have to show some backbone here.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 27 June 2018
• The protester pushed Sealy back (screw your civility), knocking him over, which is when Sealy pulled out the weapon.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 2 July 2018
• Like Donald Trump before him, Biden should project at least the notion of civility and convey the stature of the office.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
• Oh -- and, at times, civility, peace and not feeling like the world is imploding.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 Nov. 2020
• The crowds at the Globe Theatre weren’t exactly known for their civility, either.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025
• That might be all the more true if parents heed the advice to approach teachers as partners in their children’s success, and treat them with civility and gratitude.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025