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    Use "civet" in a sentence

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    civet


    1. The civet had a stylish patterned coat, a muted grey in the headlights


    2. ’ She clawed at the civet, hoisted it up and threw it into the back of the bakkie


    3. four … A whiff of the civet drifted over from the bakkie as he leaned back, his hands


    4. Ariel marveled at the angular heft of her thin body as it swung the civet


    5. Ariel barked a deep cough, dove to her hands and jerked the civet out, then smashed


    6. "She distils nothing of the kind, vile rabble," said Don Quixote, burning with rage, "nothing of the kind, I say, only ambergris and civet in cotton; nor is she one-eyed or humpbacked, but straighter than a


    7. And remember, my son, that it is better for the soldier to smell of gunpowder than of civet, and that if old age should come upon you in this honourable calling, though you may be covered with wounds and crippled and lame, it will not come upon you without honour, and that such as poverty cannot lessen; especially now that provisions are being made for supporting and relieving old and disabled soldiers; for it is not right to deal with them after the fashion of those who set free and get rid of their black slaves when they are old and useless, and, turning them out of their houses under the pretence of making them free, make them slaves to hunger, from which they cannot expect to be released except by death


    8. Eating your groatsworth of mou en civet, fleshpots of Egypt, elbowed by belching cabmen


    9. Doctor Webster Civet who was drowned last summer up in Maine


    10. The Royal Essence for the Hair of the Head and Perriwigs, being the most delicate and charming Perfume in Nature, and the greatest Preserver of Hair in the World, for it keeps that of Perriwigs (a much longer Time than usual) in the Curl, and fair Hair from fading or changing Colour, makes the Hair of the Head grow thick, strengthens and confirms its Roots, and effectually prevents it from falling off or splitting at the Ends, makes the Powder continue in all Hair longer than it possibly will, by the use of any other Thing; by its incomparable Odour and Fragrancy it strengthens the Brain, revives the Spirits, quickens the Memory, and makes the Heart chearful, never raises the Vapours in Ladies, & c, being wholly free from (and abundantly more delightful and pleasant than) Musk, Civet, &

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    Synonyms for "civet"

    civet civet cat

    "civet" definitions

    cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes