The city delegates answered to their provost's civilities by inclinations and congees, more or less characteristic, of which the pottingar's bow was the lowest and the smith's the least ceremonious.
Another rule which he deemed it prudent to observe was to avoid communication with any of the passengers whom he might chance to meet, except in the interchange of the common civilities of salutation, which the Highlanders rarely omit.
March protested that he had only been amused at Lili's delay; but his wife scolded him for his impatience; she begged Burnamy's pardon, and repeated civilities passed between them.
To each of these, I have ever supposed myself to be under obligations for aiding me in my object of exploration, and I certainly was for civilities and attentions.
Afterwards they crossed to our camp, and the usual exchange of ceremonies and civilities took place.
The Governor however had treated him from the Time of his Arrival with the Civilities and Respect due to a Foreigner in his Station, without personal or national Distinction.
Mr Dean who appears to be inimical to my truly patriotick Friend A Lee Esqr has endeavord to raise the like Suspicions of him that he has a predilection for the Court of London because he showed Civilities to his Friend Ld Shelburne in France.
There are many optional civilities in life which add very much to its charm if observed, but which cannot be called indispensable.
But some young women are without the courage and tact to do this thing; they wait, expecting that society will find them out, and, taking them up, will do all the work and leave them to accept or refuse civilities as they please.
If a lady writes a pretty note expressing thanks for civilities offered to her, all the family call on her and thank her for her politeness.
It is unconscionably done of me, to debar you the freedom and civilities of the house.
Racine's Bajazet is bred at Constantinople; but his civilities are conveyed to him, by some secret passage, from Versailles into the seraglio.
These preparatory civilities having passed, they proceeded to the interchange of presents, by which their alliance was to be cemented.
He did not realize that Lucy had consecrated her environment by the thousand little civilities that create a tenderness in time, and that though her eyes saw its defects, her heart refused to despise it entirely.
Can you picture a lady who has been introduced to another lady by a third lady opening civilities with 'How do you do?
In moving through the field, he was struck with the appearance of Colonel Wellmere, seated by himself, brooding over his misfortunes, uninterrupted by anything but the passing civilities of the American officers.
When a squadron or a cruising expedition enters a port or anchorage and finds there a foreign yacht, the senior officer of the squadron or cruise should send its owner a tender of the civilities of the club.
It does not cost a fortune to return in some manner the civilities once received, and every man, even if his income be limited, can once in a while entertain, even if it be on a very small scale and in a very modest way.
The boy sergeants and their strange guests reached the camp-fire, and the hand-shaking and exchange of amicable civilities went on for some time.
Yet the card is no less powerful an agent in soliciting and securing civilities for a man or woman in a strange town.
A bride, or a visitor in a neighborhood, or a newcomer to a town, should not let more than ten days, or at the most two weeks, elapse before returning the civilities of their new neighbors.
Miss Lucy Finn she found seated at her right hand, but after all the civilities she had just gone through Fleda had not courage just then to dash into business with her, and Miss Lucy herself stitched away and was dumb.
Men are long in civilities to those they hate, and short in expressions of kindness to those they love.
The first civilities were exchanged with cold reserve.
Dryden appears to have been much gratified by the young scholar's praise; and an interchange of civilities and good offices followed.
There was no one in sight except the Simpson girls, who had alighted at the other end of the platform, and the four men felt it their duty to wander toward them and proffer such civilities as the occasion demanded.
The civilities of the great are never thrown away.
And Gaspar, who knew his place, stood back for the impressive civilities which followed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "civilities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
