Example Sentences

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It seems unlikely that these women would display such ardent citizenly autonomy if they didn't enjoy similar autonomy in the home.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2022

This eventually spawned a playful citizenly response: Protest and Survive.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2017

It was through forgetting this that his uncle died at St. Helena—it was through forgetting this that Louis Philippe quitted Paris in a very citizenly but most un-kingly manner.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Naturalists of rank often inflict upon such a virtue, as Fontana did to the infusoria, a thousand torments, under which citizenly female virtue would instantly give up the ghost,--not a bit! no thought of dying.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

They have no large sense of citizenly motives; they feel no sense of responsibility for any part of the public life save that which lies within their own narrow round of action.”

From Races and Immigrants in America by Commons, John R. (John Rogers)