How to Use citizen in a Sentence

citizen

noun

• She was a United States citizen but lived most of her life abroad.
• Sometimes regular citizens were allowed into the palace to petition him for help.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• Like Misty, fans have channeled their inner citizen detectives and come up with plenty of theories.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 26 Mar. 2023
• His parents and siblings were all born in Iran, but not recognized as citizens, and not given a pathway to attain it or work authorization.
  — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
• New addition Walter shows up when Misty browses the citizen detective subreddit early in the episode.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2023
• The same account also posted a video of deputies in the office's aviation unit rescuing several citizens trapped in their homes due to severe flooding Thursday morning.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2024
• Arozarena, a Cuba native who became a Mexican citizen last year to play in this tournament, signed autographs in left field during pitching changes.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Crooked Joe has a 40-year record of trying to rip firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.
  — Adriana Gomez, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2024
• The press, which defends freedom of the press, does nothing to free this citizen.
  — David Biller and Tatiana Pollastri, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
• My response is that the parties are what citizens make of them.
  — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
• No citizen of good conscience should stay on the sidelines.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 July 2024
• Rodriguez, who is not a U.S. citizen, cannot vote in next year’s election.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• There are thousands of U.S. citizens caught up in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
  — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
• The corruption, the greed — those are the things that have hurt the citizens, especially here in Detroit.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
• Fredi, as colleagues call her, was born in Germany and is now a U.K. citizen.
  — Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
• This week marks 58 years since the signing of the VRA, and for all the progress our country has made, every American citizen still does not have their right to vote.
  — Rotimi Adeoye, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• This form of welfarism, Ms. Aiyar says, shifts the balance of power between citizens and the state.
  — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
• That, to me, should be offensive to every citizen of the state of Indiana.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• His wife, Vida, also a U.S. citizen, was in Iran at the time of his detention and was barred from leaving the country.
  — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Close to two-thirds of them were American citizens held without due process.
  — Tamiko Nimura, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
• Some of these immigrants have lived in the U.S. for decades and now have American citizen children.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 June 2023
• Israel was able to tell its citizens to prepare to take shelter.
  — Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
• Although there are some exemptions, every Israeli citizen over the age of 18 is required to serve in the IDF.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• Detailed plans to keep our citizens safe and alive in the worst-case scenario now falls to local law enforcement.
  — Christina Avery, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
• How the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina try to help For the families of the deceased, there is often no closure.
  — Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
• When the guns were identified from crimes or seizures, it was determined that they had been used in the killings of more than 150 Mexican citizens.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 19 July 2024
• You’re greeted by large photographs of Bhutanese plants and birds at passport control, and of Bhutanese citizens at the two baggage carousels.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
• WikiLeaks said Assange was expected to fly to Australia, where he was born and is a citizen.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• Mild weather, gorgeous scenery, and welcoming citizens are a few of the reasons.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• Meanwhile, citizens are still fighting for the arts and historic preservation in the downtown.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024