8 sentences with 'civilians'
Example sentences and phrases with the word civilians and other words derived from it.
• « Soldiers and civilians who had no opportunity for education during the decade of civil war attend evening classes. »
• « To be clear, there was much bloodshed during the Arab conquests, including the death of many civilians, but the long experience of Arab rule in the former Byzantine territories was no more, and probably less, oppressive than it had been under Byzantium. »
• « That conflict, the Thirty Years' War, saw the most horrific acts of violence, the greatest loss of life and the greatest suffering among soldiers and civilians of all the religious wars of the period. »
• « There was a mixture of apprehension and, in many cases, excitement about the outbreak of war among civilians and soldiers alike. »
• « In turn, German troops deliberately massacred civilians, destroyed villages and raped Belgian women. »
• « Thousands of Belgian refugees fled to Britain, where they were (to the credit of the British government and civilians) welcomed and housed. »
• « The ensuing Russian civil war was brutal, eventually killing around ten million people (mostly civilians who were massacred or starved to death), and lasted four years. In the end, however, the Bolsheviks prevailed in Russia itself, Ukraine and Central Asia. »
• « World War II was unprecedented in its effects on civilian populations. Many previous wars of the modern era had largely spared civilians, and most casualties were limited to men who fought or logistically supported the fighting. »