How to use "civilian" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "civilian" in popular movie and book plots

  • The story starts soon after the federal government has confiscated all civilian firearms in the country under the fictional Cohen Act.  - The Turner Diaries
  • He is having trouble readjusting to civilian life and spending time with his fiancée, Helen Wentworth (Anita Louise).  - Love Letters (1945 film)
  • Flight Lieutenant Griffith acts as "the tailor", creating civilian outfits from scavenged cloth.  - The Great Escape (film)
  • He learns the next day that she is Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood, an astrophysicist and civilian Top Gun instructor.  - Top Gun
  • K bids J farewell before he neuralyzes him at his request; K returns to his civilian life and Laurel becomes J's new partner,.  - Men in Black (film)
  • Ted Masters, is a hotshot civilian pilot, hoping to follow in his father's footsteps.  - Iron Eagle
  • The intruder is identified as an off-course civilian airliner.  - Fail Safe (1964 film)
  • In 2009 at the launch ceremony of the Macross, a young civilian pilot, Hikaru Ichijyo, comes to visit the Macross uponN.  - The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
  • " (invoking the recent Attica Prison riot), and the civilian crowd starts cheering for Sonny.  - Dog Day Afternoon
  • All goes well with George's newfound civilian life for five years, until Mirtha organizes a 38th birthday party for him.  - Blow (film)
  • When they return to civilian life, Deborah is ill at ease in Brad's upper-class social circle.  - A Letter to Three Wives
  • He arrives in civilian clothing because his old uniforms are those of the oldS.  - Strategic Air Command (film)
  • The real Hynkel is mistaken for the barber while out duck-shooting in civilian clothes, and is arrested.  - The Great Dictator
  • Sergeant James Allen (Paul Muni) returns to civilian life after World War I but his war experience makes him restless.  - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
  • All three have trouble adjusting to civilian life.  - The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Dax, who was a criminal defense lawyer in civilian life, volunteers to defend the men at their court-martial.  - Paths of Glory

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