Gaddafi is an English word with synonyms like qaddafi or qadhafi. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gaddafi in a sentence
Gaddafi meaning
- A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy).
- Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya.
Using Gaddafi
- The main meaning on this page is: A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy). | Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya.
- Useful related words include: qaddafi, qadhafi, khadafy, muammar al-qaddafi.
- In the example corpus, gaddafi often appears in combinations such as: muammar gaddafi, gaddafi in, gaddafi was.
Context around Gaddafi
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gaddafi
- In this selection, "gaddafi" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, muammar, post, islam, regime, stadium and libya stand out and add context to how "gaddafi" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against muammar gaddafi and al islam gaddafi son of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gaddafi" sits close to words such as abolishing, acidity and akbar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gaddafi
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Criticism of Gaddafi by ordinary Libyan citizens became more bold, such as defacing of Gaddafi posters. (16 words)
In fact, these terrorists murdered the US Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, following their US-facilitated victory over Gaddafi. (19 words)
Libya has been left in chaos since its long-term leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in 2011. (19 words)
In response, Gaddafi removed all his money held in Swiss banks and asked the United Nations to vote to abolish Switzerland as a sovereign nation. citation citation In February 2009, Gaddafi was selected to be chairman of the African Union for one year. (43 words)
And his judgment was further questioned after he held meetings with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif, and when he entertained the son-in-law of Tunisia’s ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at Buckingham Palace. (40 words)
Criticism of post-Gaddafi Libya in the 2014 edition was limited to one phrase – “Violence and political instability have intensified after the fall of the Gaddafi regime” – a phrase which could have been uttered anywhere in the Western media. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Criticism of post-Gaddafi Libya in the 2014 edition was limited to one phrase – “Violence and political instability have intensified after the fall of the Gaddafi regime” – a phrase which could have been uttered anywhere in the Western media.
Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is qualified to contest in presidential elections scheduled for later this year, leader of the legislature has said.
Criticism of Gaddafi by ordinary Libyan citizens became more bold, such as defacing of Gaddafi posters.
In response, Gaddafi removed all his money held in Swiss banks and asked the United Nations to vote to abolish Switzerland as a sovereign nation. citation citation In February 2009, Gaddafi was selected to be chairman of the African Union for one year.
Even in Gaddafi’s time before his overthrow back in 2011 Derna was always viewed as a hotbed of Islamism and the dictator was happy enough for Derna’s residents to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.
In fact, these terrorists murdered the US Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, following their US-facilitated victory over Gaddafi.
Libya has been in a state of unrest since 2011 when a Nato-backed uprising toppled longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya has been left in chaos since its long-term leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in 2011.
The health of Hannibal Gaddafi has been deteriorating since he went on hunger strike on June 3, to protest his detention without trial.
And his judgment was further questioned after he held meetings with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif, and when he entertained the son-in-law of Tunisia’s ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at Buckingham Palace.
In 2018, then Prime Minister was forced to apologise to Mr Belhaj, who spent six years in Gaddafi's jails and says he was tortured.
It has been completed more than a decade after then-ruler Muammar Gaddafi's government commissioned a South Korean company to build the complex.
The civil war in Libya was gaining momentum, but on 20 October 2011, rebels seized the city of Sirte where Muammar Gaddafi stayed.
The uprisings in Egypt and Libya got rid of strong men Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi but not Assad who was not a strong leader but whose regime was as cruel as it was tenacious.
America assisted France, the United Kingdom, and Libyan rebel forces with the deposition of the Gaddafi regime in 2011, notwithstanding any reluctance to use force.
Babar Azam (right) and Mohammad Hafeez run between the wicket during the second T20I against Bangladesh at Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan.
Barack Obama, newly armed with the moral authority of the Nobel peace prize, was complicit in regime change in Libya in 2011 – a consequence, unapproved by the UN, of his joining of a neo-colonial campaign against Muammar Gaddafi.
In 2009, the Sri Lankan team was on their way to Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore for a Test match with Pakistan, when terrorists fired indiscriminately on their bus.
Libya has been awash with weapons and munitions ever since the revolution of 2011 that overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya has been locked in a civil war since the ouster and killing of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Common combinations with gaddafi
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: