Sentences with civilize
civ·i·lize
C c - ...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman–but she ends up civilising him. [VERB noun]
- Rome civilized the barbarians.
- The widow and her sister try to civilize Finn, but he resists this attempt to change his nature.
- Joseph Conrad satirizes colonial attempts to civilize 'dark' Africa.
- This science was part of the basis for 'Manifest Destiny' and the genocidal treatment of Indians while dispossessing them in order to civilize them.
- In BRIT, also use civilise