Example sentences for: civilians

How can you use “civilians” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Bill Bradley and John McCain demand economic sanctions against Russia for its "brutal" assaults on Chechen civilians.

  • Neither the Federal Communications Commission nor the Federal Elections Commission keeps track of injuries to civilians by the press.

  • In an editorial, Asahi Shimbun noted that Japanese civilians had never before been exposed to such radiation from a nuclear facility.

  • The area around the south end of Columbus Avenue was once known as the Barbary Coast, a seedy and boisterous waterfront district, with sailors on shore leave haunting the bars and brothels, while their captains shanghaied drunken civilians to make up lost crew.

  • Some civilians remained on affected floors, and at least one ascended from a lower point into the impact zone, to help evacuate colleagues or assist the injured.


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