Wondering how to use Civilize in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as civilise or alter.
Civilize meaning
American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
Synonyms of Civilize
Using Civilize
- The main meaning on this page is: American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
- Useful related words include: civilise, alter, change, down.
- In the example corpus, civilize often appears in combinations such as: to civilize, civilize the, civilize and.
Context around Civilize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Civilize
- In this selection, "civilize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dominate, elevate, manner, victor and huck stand out and add context to how "civilize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include africa to civilize the infidels and best to civilize huck believing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "civilize" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with civilize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They came to Africa to civilize the infidels. (8 words)
She tries her best to civilize Huck, believing it is her Christian duty. (13 words)
Civilize It seeks to have people act, listen and respond respectfully to each other this political season. (17 words)
The most well-known of these policies started in the late 19th century, when the government took many Indian children from their parents and put them in boarding schools to "civilize" them. (32 words)
Can we still agree to disagree in a civilize manner and for those bully haters hang their bigotry in their closets and keep it to themselves? (26 words)
He was still a soldier in the army of freedom, and still tried to enlighten and civilize those who were impatiently waiting for his death. (25 words)
Can we still agree to disagree in a civilize manner and for those bully haters hang their bigotry in their closets and keep it to themselves? (26 words)
Example sentences (11)
Civilize It seeks to have people act, listen and respond respectfully to each other this political season.
Can we still agree to disagree in a civilize manner and for those bully haters hang their bigotry in their closets and keep it to themselves?
Diplomacy, broad cooperation, treaties and law, all the mechanisms designed to civilize the global community, would be replaced by savagery.
The most well-known of these policies started in the late 19th century, when the government took many Indian children from their parents and put them in boarding schools to "civilize" them.
For example, postcolonial scholars, believed that colonizing powers explained an ‘other’ who were there to dominate, civilize, and extract resources through colonization of land.
He wanted to civilize Victor with the objectives of teaching him to speak and to communicate human emotion.
He was still a soldier in the army of freedom, and still tried to enlighten and civilize those who were impatiently waiting for his death.
It was the design of the Spanish government to have the missions educate, elevate, civilize, the Indians into citizens.
She tries her best to civilize Huck, believing it is her Christian duty.
They came to Africa to civilize the infidels.
Those who were close to the Hobbesian view tended to believe themselves to have a duty to "civilize" and "modernize" the indigenous.
Common combinations with civilize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to civilize 6×
- civilize the 3×
- civilize and 2×