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How do you use Civvies in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Civvies in a sentence

Civvies meaning

  1. plural of civvy
  2. plural of civvie

Synonyms of Civvies

civies civilian clothing civilian dress civilian garb plain clothes

Related words

Other words often associated with Civvies or its synonyms:

wear clothing habiliment vesture wearable

Using Civvies

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of civvy | plural of civvie
  • Useful related words include: civies, civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb.
  • In the example corpus, civvies often appears in combinations such as: in civvies.

Context around Civvies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

plastic 1×

Often after:

surrounded 1× day 1×

Sentence patterns with Civvies

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a plastic civvies day at 1× civvies also lambasted 1× clad in civvies is sitting 1× cops in civvies surrounded and 1× troops in civvies are also 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

civvies also lambasted 1× however two tents 1× in a spring 1× in a video 1× the week culminated 1×

Common sentence endings:

a wind up 1× are also present 1× cartons at school 1× in a vehicle 1× to forgive him 1×

Words around Civvies

Just before it in the word index:

civo 8 civl 2 civitella 2 civitavecchia 6 civitatis 3 civitates 2

Just after it in the word index:

ciw 9 ciws 6 ciwt 2 cix 4 cixi 11 cixin 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Civvies

  • In this selection, "civvies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, plastic, surrounded and day stand out and add context to how "civvies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a plastic civvies day at and civvies also lambasted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "civvies" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with civvies

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Civvies also lambasted the campaign, with one Twitter user asking whether the posters were a 'wind up'. (17 words)

However, two tents are still pitched in the area and "some Chinese troops in civvies" are also present. (18 words)

In a spring afternoon in 1996, as he was preparing to offer prayers, cops in civvies surrounded and bundled him in a vehicle. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

In a video that had gone viral on social media, the policeman, clad in civvies, is sitting on a chair while the minor boy is sitting on the floor and begging the policeman to forgive him. (36 words)

The week culminated in a ‘plastic civvies day’ at which each boy brought plastic bags from home and ‘purged’ them into cartons at school. (24 words)

In a spring afternoon in 1996, as he was preparing to offer prayers, cops in civvies surrounded and bundled him in a vehicle. (23 words)

Example sentences (5)

In a video that had gone viral on social media, the policeman, clad in civvies, is sitting on a chair while the minor boy is sitting on the floor and begging the policeman to forgive him.

Civvies also lambasted the campaign, with one Twitter user asking whether the posters were a 'wind up'.

In a spring afternoon in 1996, as he was preparing to offer prayers, cops in civvies surrounded and bundled him in a vehicle.

However, two tents are still pitched in the area and "some Chinese troops in civvies" are also present.

The week culminated in a ‘plastic civvies day’ at which each boy brought plastic bags from home and ‘purged’ them into cartons at school.

Common combinations with civvies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in civvies 3×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "civvies" in a sentence?
An example: "In a video that had gone viral on social media, the policeman, clad in civvies, is sitting on a chair while the minor boy is sitting on the floor and begging the policeman to forgive him." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "civvies" from authentic English texts.
What does "civvies" mean?
Civvies means: plural of civvy
What are synonyms of "civvies"?
Common synonyms of "civvies" include: civies, civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes.
How many example sentences with "civvies" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "civvies", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.