How to Use civil engineer in a Sentence

civil engineer

noun
  • Her father was a civil engineer, while her mom stayed at home.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But what does any of that bridge jargon mean to anyone who isn't a civil engineer?
    — Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, 28 May 2013
  • John Brands, 49 at the time, quit his job as a civil engineer.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • The civil engineer moved back home with his parents in Danville for a year to save for a down payment.
    — Louis Hansen, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
  • The firm served as lead civil engineer in shaping what the riverfront could become.
    — Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That was where Jake, a civil engineer, learned how to be a watchmaker.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The group has retained its own civil engineer and an attorney.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Melcy Pond was able to hide the disease for years in her career as a civil engineer.
    — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The report finds that lawyers and civil engineers are among the workers who stand to benefit most.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Martha was headed to his job as a civil engineer in downtown San Diego.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Jelly, the civil engineer, had also been asleep at the time of the collision.
    — Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
  • That first charge cost Sawyer, a 32-year-old civil engineer, about $20.
    — Alexa St. John, Matthew Daly and Joshua A. Bickel, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Avazian is a senior civil engineer for the city of Glendale and has not served on any commissions or boards.
    — Anthony Clark Carpio, Burbank Leader, 23 Aug. 2019
  • For the former civil engineer, those numbers are far more than statistics.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Among them are young men on his team, including a civil engineer who still keeps watch overnight on rooftops to ensure there isn’t a resurgence of fire.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The groom’s mother retired as a civil engineer for the City of New York.
    — New York Times, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The number of civil engineers and skilled laborers is shrinking.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The suspect, a 15-year veteran of public works and a civil engineer, was killed in a shootout with police.
    — Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • Donovan Neese is a civil engineer who has worked more than 20 years in the water industry.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Osama Jaber, a civil engineer and Rafah resident, lined up large and small bags at his home.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
  • His father was a civil engineer who worked on the Panama Canal, and his mother was a homemaker.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 4 June 2022
  • Williams, a civil engineer, was appointed to an open seat in 2014 and was elected to a full four-year term later that year.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • Ruth and her husband Ken Wright, a civil engineer, have studied Machu Picchu over some two dozen trips.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Eventually, Jerry — a civil engineer — joined in too, saving his leftovers for the fox.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • His father, a civil engineer, was working on an assignment in the Middle East when Gideon was born.
    — Glenn Rifkin, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Echevarría's husband, Lex Kools, a civil engineer, jumps over the fence every day to feed the other two dogs on the property.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Dena Delpazir, a civil engineer from Iran who was at the rally last weekend, said that her biggest fear is when the internet comes back on.
    — Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Casper's team has a civil engineer and an environmental scientist.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Among them was the mother of Orlando civil engineer and food blogger Ricky Ly, 32.
    — Susan Jacobson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Away from competing, Debertolis was also trained as a civil engineer.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025

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