How to Use scenario in a Sentence

scenario

noun

• In the worst-case scenario, we would have to start the project all over again.
• The most likely scenario is that he goes back to school in the fall.
• A possible scenario would be that we move to the city.
• The best-case scenario would be for us to finish the work by tomorrow.
• But putting him in a scenario like this one is fun and new.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
• On the flip side, the worst-case scenario would be a rapid warming event.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
• In fact, the men said, that scenario has played out nearly all night.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024
• The worst-case scenario equates to under 200 miles of range with a full battery.
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
• At the center of the action was Mr. Dinh and his overly rosy scenario.
  — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• A few months ago, this scenario might not have seemed like a problem.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2023
• For s2s, though, that scenario has yet to openly play out.
  — WIRED, 6 Jan. 2023
• Buffered by its slight distance from the storm’s center, Cedar Key was spared from the worst-case scenario.
  — Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2023
• In the worst-case scenario, like Sunday’s shooting, the child shoots themselves and dies.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
• In this scenario, your AC unit would be engaged in a gentle sleight of hand.
  — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
• One doctor also just told me this could last, in the worst case scenario, 10 years.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
• The Cardinals won’t have the same scenario this fall with the addition of three tight ends from the portal.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
• In the scenario about tortoises, though, Freedoms 4 and 5 seemed to be at odds.
  — Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Lance Neal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
• But perhaps the best-case scenario is that the Trojans can at least produce the big play when the big play is needed.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Though the scenarios weren’t the same, the comedian still chimed in.
  — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 July 2024
• Play the Sun In a perfect scenario, your decoys will be in the sun (so ducks can see them well) and your hide will be in the shadows.
  — Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
• The single most useful tool to thwart that scenario is a vaccine.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• All these rom-com scenarios that played out in my head were just that—fantasies.
  — Molly Barstein, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
• One fateful night early in my career taught me this skill and the role of fear in a crisis scenario.
  — Stanley C. Middleman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Madewell's Crop Tank is always a go-to in either scenario, as well as the Seamed Tee (both on sale for under $25).
  — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
• From an investor’s point of view, this scenario is daunting.
  — Don Klotter, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
• Though this is one of the best-case scenarios, the passengers are still at risk of running out of oxygen.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• But boards need to see through the pre-election haze and use scenario planning and other tools to start making tough calls.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• In one scenario, the U.S. could take home the gold, and Japan and Canada could be bumped up to silver and bronze, respectively.
  — Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
• The best scenario for snow on the ground on Christmas Day would be in a region highlighted in white, where probabilities exceed 90%.
  — Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
• Although much remains unknown about the new genotypes, such a scenario is highly unlikely.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025