Below you will find example sentences with "civilian deaths". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Civilian Deaths in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: civilian
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 23.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "civilian deaths" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 3 400 civilian deaths triggered widespread, accidents and civilian deaths are the, gaza, israel and war stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with new deaths, civilian casualties, civilian population, civilian casualties, civilian population and civilian life, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with civilian deaths
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
It is the cause of thousands of Palestinian civilian deaths. (10 words)
Of course, the true number of Gaza civilian deaths is unknown. (11 words)
It comes as Israel faces mounting pressure over civilian deaths in Gaza. (12 words)
Biden, in contrast, has made a point of publicly reminding Israel that it has an obligation to obey the “laws of war” as it goes after Hamas, which includes the responsibility to avoid civilian deaths and injuries to the extent possible. (41 words)
It’s laughable how Hamas continues to fudge the number of civilian deaths with no mention of the eliminated terrorist, they are claimed to be all civilians and the world media continues to fall for it. (36 words)
A year later, in August 2022, the Pentagon for preventing civilian deaths in U.S. military operations that includes imposing a new system to reduce the risk of confirmation bias and misidentifying targets. (33 words)
Didn't Obama himself conduct a drone war that resulted in thousands of Muslim civilian deaths? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
In July 2016, fighting broke out between the two forces for four days, leaving a trail of civilian deaths, sexual violence, arbitrary arrests, looting, and attacks on the UN civilian protection sites.
This led to significantly fewer civilian casualties associated with previous bombing campaigns, though it has not brought about a complete end to civilian deaths or collateral property damage.
He decried the deaths of civilians in Gaza while promising more civilian deaths in Israel.
So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in nine civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 11 IDF soldiers and reservists.
A year later, in August 2022, the Pentagon for preventing civilian deaths in U.S. military operations that includes imposing a new system to reduce the risk of confirmation bias and misidentifying targets.
Biden, in contrast, has made a point of publicly reminding Israel that it has an obligation to obey the “laws of war” as it goes after Hamas, which includes the responsibility to avoid civilian deaths and injuries to the extent possible.
Civilian deaths accounted for 40% of "people killed directly in the violence of the U.S. post-9/11 wars," according to the Costs of War project at Brown University.
Didn't Obama himself conduct a drone war that resulted in thousands of Muslim civilian deaths?
Israel has a responsibility to protect the lives of innocent people in Gaza, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said amid a growing outcry over Palestinian civilian deaths.
It says it is limiting harm to civilians by providing them with maps showing areas that are safe, and blames Hamas for causing civilian deaths by hiding among them, which the fighters deny.
It’s laughable how Hamas continues to fudge the number of civilian deaths with no mention of the eliminated terrorist, they are claimed to be all civilians and the world media continues to fall for it.
Late Saturday, the Indian military said in a statement that ''reports have been received regarding three civilian deaths'' in Poonch.
The highly controversial form of munitions sees the dispersement of small projectiles from a rocket or missile, and will likely lead to more civilian deaths according to Amnesty International.
The repression, which has now accounted for more than 3,400 civilian deaths, triggered widespread armed resistance.
His top aide, Andriy Yermak, was clear that the only means to prevent further civilian deaths was the Western provision to Kyiv of further air defence systems.
It comes as Israel faces mounting pressure over civilian deaths in Gaza.
It is the cause of thousands of Palestinian civilian deaths.
Of course, the true number of Gaza civilian deaths is unknown.
People must realize that accidents and civilian deaths are the inevitable results of war.
Their sighs about the number of civilian deaths are hypocritical and empty.