"adult" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Their patience, the precision of their calculations, and the systematic nature of their reports show them to be civilized adults.
- He could have come to me and we could have talked about it like two civilized adults.
- A fine thing," she said acidly, "when I can't trust my protege and ward to conduct themselves like civilized adults in my absence!
- Maybe someday, somewhere, there'll be an international conference where everyone behaves like a civilized adult, but when it finally rolls around it'll probably signal the end of the world.
- Normally civilized adults are practically committing mayhem to get the thing.
- Totally foolish behavior for two intelligent, civilized, sophisticated adults who were not really in love.
- It's up to the American corporate society to say whether it wants a grownup, a civilized, conscientious adult, who happens to be black.
- I grabbed a couple of cold beers and we talked out on the sun porch more or less like civilized adults.
- You two continue to work together like civilized adults.
- They would discuss the entire matter like civilized adults.
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