Used in a Sentence

victims

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for victims.

Editorial note

You generally won't have these types of controversies with genocide victims, because...well the victims are dead, and its hard to fake dead.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

the eighth album by the band Steel Pulse, released in 1991.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of victims gathered in one view.

N

the eighth album by the band Steel Pulse, released in 1991.

N

"Victims" is a song by English band Culture Club, released as a single in 1983 and taken from the album Colour by Numbers.

N

an American 1982 TV movie, starring Kate Nelligan.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for victims.

N

the eighth album by the band Steel Pulse, released in 1991.

N

"Victims" is a song by English band Culture Club, released as a single in 1983 and taken from the album Colour by Numbers.

N

an American 1982 TV movie, starring Kate Nelligan.

N

a Swedish hardcore punk band, originally hailing from Nyköping, at the end of their career they were based in Stockholm.

Example sentences

1

You generally won't have these types of controversies with genocide victims, because...well the victims are dead, and its hard to fake dead.

2

The lack of genuine support on offer to the victims to voice out perhaps is the missing pieces.

3

They were still able to spot the victims in a huge pool almost instantly.

4

You treat people like dirt, they're gonna resent it and complain on HN and some Stockholm Syndrome victims will back up the abusers.

5

So they aren't economically disadvantaged and victims of rampant discrimination in the US?

6

How many victims would result from the downwash at 30' above ground level?

7

After all some of them will surely be victims at some point.

8

You are claiming they are all victims of a worldwide conspiracy.

9

The subjective nature of gender discrimination/sexual harassment makes it difficult for not only the law/helpline administrator, but even the victims themselves to ascertain its occurrence.

10

Ethereum, being self-enforcing, gives no recourse to victims of tricksters.

11

Brendan Eich, Orson Scott Card, Matt Taylor, Tim Hunt - among the most high profile victims, with countless numbers under the radar.

12

What's baffling is people in denial blaming the victims.

Quote examples

1

Still, what the data shows about the race of victims and officers, and the circumstances of killings, are "certainly relevant," Loftin said.

2

I expect that's the specific reason "The Hot Zone" and "The Coming Plague" name the victims.

3

I agree with you - the only really "unique" Murakami works I've read are Hard-Boiled Wonderland (a mix of SF and fantasy), his non-fiction (especially Underground is good, a series of interviews with victims and perpetrators of the 1995 Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo gas attack), and After the Quake (even that one walks straight into "typical Murakami" territory sometimes).

Proper noun examples

1

Victims do not always have the option of appealing to authorities, even in countries like the United States.

2

Victims do not leap to their feet and return to saving the world as they do in the movies.

3

Victims can be threatened or restrained.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use victims in a sentence?

You generally won't have these types of controversies with genocide victims, because...well the victims are dead, and its hard to fake dead.

What does victims mean?

the eighth album by the band Steel Pulse, released in 1991.

What part of speech is victims?

victims is commonly used as N.