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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Our conversations were little more than just exchanging civilities.
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The annual meeting must be conducted with civility .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Check any narrow-minded seriousness at the door with your urban trench coat and get ready for an absolute annihilation of bourgeois civility .
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He made no attempt at any civility , and left Elizabeth to do the talking.
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His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond.
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Humanity has yet to evolve to a level of civility where arms are not required to achieve detente.
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I stood by the door and she sat there, making no pretence of civility , waiting for me to go.
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She addressed her young guest with civilities suitable for a personage of advanced years and uncertain appetite.
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There is no way to blame this on some broader deterioration of language and civility in our society.
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While assuming a pose of utmost civility and cordiality, Caroline is relentless in her campaign to undermine me.