Example Sentences

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He was in civvies during the audience because of diplomacy and Vatican protocol, Col.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

“I’ve been in the army 14 years and I chose to join. These guys are all civvies … and we are investing everything we can because we know they are going to need it.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2022

Perry, now 57, is in civvies – T-shirt and zip-up jacket and jeans and straggly hair.

From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2017

At the Bataclan five months earlier, when I had met him, he had been relaxing with a drink, in his "civvies".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2017

The in-mate, dressed in civvies, might try to walk right out of the Visit Room to the street at the end of the day.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover