How to use "civil" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "civil" in popular movie and book plots

  • After studying at Austin Peay State University, Rudy, who has an interest in social justice and civil rights, decides to attend law school.  - The Rainmaker (1997 film)
  • The AEUG eventually launch a full-scale attack on the Earth Federation's assembly at Dakar, leading to an Earth Sphere civil war.  - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • All men are civil servants, and all of them have to be killed on or about particular dates, spread over several years.  - The Boys from Brazil (novel)
  • During a street festival hosted by Zasa's Italian American civil rights group, Vincent kills Zasa.  - The Godfather Part III
  • The novel graphically describes the brutality of the civil war in Spain during this time.  - For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • As the two streams of the narrative conclude, it emerges that Elethiomel and Zakalwe commanded two opposing armies in a bloody civil war.  - Use of Weapons
  • The other guards have to be civil to him despite their dislike of him because he is the nephew of the Governor's wife.  - The Green Mile (novel)
  • After the war, his widow maintained that he believed an assassination attempt would spark a civil war.  - 20 July plot
  • In 1931, China is embroiled in a civil war.  - Shanghai Express (film)
  • Those worlds eventually seceded, provoking a civil war.  - Escape Velocity (video game)
  • Friday is their house-guest when a worldwide civil emergency known as Red Thursday occurs.  - Friday (novel)
  • Tassasen endured a civil war after the death of Protector UrLeyn; eventually King Lattens took control of the Empire, ruling it quietly.  - Inversions (novel)
  • The galaxy is in the midst of a civil war.  - Star Wars (film)
  • Also, without an heir, the Tudor line would end; the risk of civil war between rival claimants was a possibility if Elizabeth died childless.  - House of Tudor
  • Communities are either walled enclaves of privilege or largely lawless areas entirely lacking protection from corrupt civil authorities.  - The Shockwave Rider
  • Minbar is gripped by a brief civil war between the Warrior and Religious castes.  - Babylon 5

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