I retained some of those old civilized ways, and they turned her off.

We'd all hook in with video links and do our business the civilized way.

Which is only a more civilized way of saying the same thing: prison.

"But we'd like it all to be done in a civilized way."

He said the proposal showed "our will to resolve the war in a civilized way."

We think we're doing this in a very civilized way.

Originally, tables had been set up for people to sit at in a civilized way.

She urged the nation to find "a democratic, civilized and responsible way out of this critical time."

"They see that demonstrating is a civilized way to express a position."

She knew this would have been the civilized way to proceed.