Huns
CulturalDiscover More
The British frequently referred to German soldiers as “Huns” during World War I and World War II as a way of emphasizing their supposed brutality.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Meanwhile diplomacy provided Byzantium with the intelligence to deflect pressure from the Huns and otherwise shape the Byzantine near abroad to favor its own interests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
"You've got Carol who can actually fly a plane, I can fly a kite," says Alison, adding: "I am ready for Air Force Huns".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
They may be less known than their less successful predecessors, the Huns.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
A subsequent survey with a magnetometer identified a necropolis of the Avars, a nomadic peoples who succeeded Attila’s Huns.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023
They were like two Huns sweeping down on Rome.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
