How to Use circumstance in a Sentence

circumstance

noun

• She says that her client is a victim of circumstance and should not be blamed for the accident.
• The circumstances of his death are suspicious.
• He was a victim of circumstances.
• I can't imagine a circumstance in which I would do that.
• Few details have been released about the circumstances of Luis's death.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
• But both due to circumstance and Porter's own production, the clock may be ticking to a degree.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Feb. 2023
• In this circumstance, the advice-giver may fear presenting in front of a large audience.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• But Kendle says the team has flipped the circumstance to become a learning experience.
  — Kayla Greaves, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023
• In any other circumstance, these women would not be interacting.
  — Vulture, 8 Feb. 2023
• McHale pointed out that given the traumatic circumstances, the gaps in her memory make sense.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• The circumstances leading up to these interactions with law enforcement were also not clear.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
• This confused circumstance was further complicated by differences in language and culture.
  — C.j. Chivers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• If the jury had found that either circumstance applied, Weinstein would've faced an enhanced maximum term of 24 years at his sentencing.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• How long an individual lives is really a matter of individual genetics, lifestyle and circumstance, such as where one lives and access to health care.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
• One of those achieved his enormous payday through an unusual circumstance that produced free agency while the other simply takes the Chiefs to Super Bowls every year.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
• After each character experiences grief in their respective cities, circumstance brings all three back to their childhood apartment in New York City.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
• That’s due to the circumstances of the killings or the way they were charged.
  — oregonlive.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• To the court clerks, to the bailiffs, to the prosecution, even the circumstances are grim.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• In the end, our home here is the best place in the world to live under any circumstance.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• The rape of a child – as in the case of Daisy’s birth mother – is one such circumstance.
  — Jenn Selby, refinery29.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• In such circumstances, how could there fail to be a swarm of ghosts?
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Oct. 2017
• In certain circumstances, the post can break at the weld joint.
  — Jennifer Ryan, Fortune, 11 May 2023
• Last year there was a lot of circumstances (with the Panthers).
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 30 Oct. 2017
• In a bizarre state of circumstance, Wolves bid £16m, but got him for free.
  — SI.com, 12 July 2018
• Like all good galas, the pomp and circumstance are not futile.
  — Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2022
• And in the right circumstances, a change of venue would no doubt make a difference.
  — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• And that has to be much better in strange circumstance.
  — Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
• The circumstances that the boat and its survivors were found in are still unclear, Msehli said.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Kaleb Brown is a guy who could maybe get a punt return look in the right circumstance.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
• Details on the circumstances of the crash were not released.
  — Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024