CIVIC in a Sentence

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For CIVIC, below is one of 13 sentences:
The Prime Minister met many civic leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities.

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 Meanings and Examples of CIVIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
civic
 a.  relating to city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society
Classic Sentence:
1  He insists on thrift and self-respect, but at the same time counsels a silent submission to civic inferiority such as is bound to sap the manhood of any race in the long run.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
2  The decent and reputable citizens of the North who neglected their own civic duties grew hilarious over the exaggerated importance with which the Negro regarded the franchise.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Atlanta was literally packed, at the time, with people from all parts of the country, and with representatives of foreign governments, as well as with military and civic organizations.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
4  The city was at her birthright fte in the persons of hundreds of her best citizens, men and women whose names and lives stand for the virtues that make for honourable civic pride.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
5  Carol was civic and neighborly and commendable today.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
6  He performed these two social duties for old dignity's sake but conceded nothing further to the conventions which regulate the civic life.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
Example Sentence:
1  It's almost ten miles from here to the civic center.
2  The Prime Minister met many civic leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities.
3  Jackson spent the day meeting with local religious and civic leaders.
4  More important, in the civic culture participant political orientations combine with and do not replace subject and parochial political orientations.
5  The village hall is given over to civic functions and meetings.
6  If they do marry there, a civic registrar will be present to provide the certificate.
7  One teacher is assigned for four years to the homeroom class, which combines lessons in rudimentary social skills with those in computer and civics.