How quickly a person could forget the niceties of civilized behavior when his own life was on the line.

His politeness was more a play for time than any civilized behavior.

They were a race with only the most tenuous grasp on civilized behavior.

Local media said that the act "crossed the boundary of civilized behavior."

He said such a failure violated international law and "the norms of civilized behavior."

He had doubts about her capacity for what might be called civilized behavior.

College is a place to prepare people for the real world, where civilized behavior ought to be the norm.

The children were beginning to catch on to the idea of civilized behavior.

"These Southern men understand little of civilized behavior, but that much will reach them."

This is a game in which all boundaries of civilized behavior have vanished.