CIVILIAN in a Sentence
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52 example sentences for CIVILIAN, such as:
1. He is in charge of the civilian side of the UN mission.
2. Every effort is being made to minimize civilian casualties.
3. The first is integrating former rebels back into civilian life.
4. Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
5. The Council has set out a timetable for returning to civilian rule.
2. Every effort is being made to minimize civilian casualties.
3. The first is integrating former rebels back into civilian life.
4. Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
5. The Council has set out a timetable for returning to civilian rule.
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Meanings and Examples of CIVILIAN
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civilian
a. associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military
n. a nonmilitary citizen
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 Meanwhile, Samosvitov's feats in the military sphere were being rivalled by the wonders worked by Chichikov's lawyer in the civilian field of action.
2 One of them was a sallow, clean-shaven civilian with a thin and wrinkled face, already growing old, though he was dressed like a most fashionable young man.
3 That same day, Rostov, profiting by the darkness to avoid being recognized in civilian dress, came to Tilsit and went to the lodging occupied by Boris and Zhilinski.
4 In his civilian clothes and a round hat, he wandered about the town, staring at the French and their uniforms and at the streets and houses where the Russian and French Emperors were staying.
5 There he found so many people, among them officers who, like himself, had come in civilian clothes, that he had difficulty in getting a dinner.
6 Prince Andrew, greatly changed and plainly in better health, but with a fresh horizontal wrinkle between his brows, stood in civilian dress facing his father and Prince Meshcherski, warmly disputing and vigorously gesticulating.
7 While waiting in the reception room Pierre with weary eyes watched the various officials, old and young, military and civilian, who were there.
8 The commander of the militia was a civilian general, an old man who was evidently pleased with his military designation and rank.
9 The civilian population had either to do without or buy at the speculators' prices, and the poor and those in moderate circumstances were suffering increasing hardships.
10 To make matters worse, a vague distrust of those in high places had begun to creep over the civilian population.
11 The reason he had applied for transfer to the front, despite his useless arm, was that he realized, as the civilian population did not, the seriousness of the situation.
12 The commandants of the Yankee troops in the various cities had complete power, even the power of life and death, over the civilian population, and they used that power.
13 His appearance, changed by his civilian dress, was as fascinating to her as though she were some young girl in love.
14 Everyone, soldiers, civilians, women, children and negroes, began to wear homespun.
15 Already soldiers and civilians alike were feeling the pinch, and the muttering against him and his fellow speculators was bitter.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 Every effort is being made to minimize civilian casualties.
2 He is in charge of the civilian side of the UN mission.
3 He denied that giving civilian tasks to the NATO forces was a case of mission creep.
4 The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
5 Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
6 The same suspicions, particularly in relation to civilian casualties, doubtless apply to footage from Baghdad.
7 For example, suppose a researcher wishes to determine the influence of military service on later civilian earnings.
8 The Council has set out a timetable for returning to civilian rule.
9 She was asked whether a civilian government should seek retribution against military officers involved in human rights abuses.
10 Three admirals and a top Navy civilian will be cited for failing to act on reports of sexual assaults.
11 Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
12 I've been using this anecdote to amuse my civilian friends for years!
13 The first is integrating former rebels back into civilian life.
14 After all, the line between voluntary and involuntary is very different in the military than in the civilian world.
15 This was planned and premeditated from the highest levels of our civilian government.