How to Use context in a Sentence

context

noun

• We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.
• We need to consider these events in context.
• The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
• Kim’s focus on Paik’s youth presents a bracing context for the work that would come.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
• But there is also a broader election context to this Wisconsin race, and that’s what this column is about.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• Following is an attempt to place my account into context after hearing from my parents and my wife.
  — Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
• Ripa puts these stories into context, pointing out that this type of treatment toward women was not unusual back then.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
• All under the context that the clock is ticking on his father’s time in the NBA and hopes to play with his Bronny.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Susan’s approach was very much a context specific, sophisticated sort of art angle on fashion.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2023
• Our goal is to make participation feel natural and empowering for girls, in ways that respect and honor the cultural context.
  — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
• Newspapers with dedicated style sections, like The New York Times, offer context.
  — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
• This term was first used in the context of weather in The Times in 2012, describing a long, hot event in Greenland, melting a massive ice sheet.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Meta’s licensing restrictions forbid using Llama in military contexts, but what’s the company going to do?
  — Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
• As such, fake images of the Pope wearing certain clothes outside these — or in countless other — contexts could cause offense, alarm or even mistrust within the Catholic community.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• The context for this drought starts in the winter and spring.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• And now a new book is adding more context — and more logs to the fire.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 8 July 2019
• Many things are done in the name of God and taken out of context.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2017
• But critics bashed the agency for the lack of context in the tweet linking to the files.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 8 Feb. 2023
• For some reason that’s funny in the context of the play.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
• To put into context, that’s three years of fire loss for us in the span of about a week.
  — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2020
• A lot of things that were said were taken out of context.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• But the courts have not ruled on this issue in context of the workplace.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
• The video comes from an unknown source and lacks any context.
  — Christopher Sherman, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
• For context, most parties take around three days to climb the route.
  — Matt Skenazy, Outside Online, 6 June 2018
• Here’s what to look for and ways to put the numbers into context.
  — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2020
• But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done within the context of the offense.
  — oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
• Broberg dismisses them with a wave of the context wand.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• In a pop burger, the meat is subsidiary to its context.
  — Peter Meehan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
• There’s a lot of context missing from the raw numbers though.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2021
• His cheeks a cherubic red, Seaborn tried to put his year in context.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024