How to Use situate in a Sentence

situate

verb
  • We situated ourselves in the seats nearest the exit.
  • They decided to situate the new office building near the airport.
  • The home is situated on a hill and looks out over Jupiter Island to the ocean.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
  • It was situated in between the two routes, about 45 miles out of the way.
    Jeremy Gray | , al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Three bath-like pools were situated along the wall, each with a padded bed next to it.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Piles of them are situated toward the center of the white space.
    Jennifer Piejko, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Their work is not to be found in the works that bear their name, but rather in the places where the works are situated and the act of being in those places.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The radio controls are small and situated low on the dash.
    Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
  • On the other hand, for delta-8 THC, this bond is situated on the eighth carbon atom.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Because the park is situated deep in Texas, away from large cities and towns, the skies above Big Bend are some of the darkest in the lower 48 states.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Jan. 2024
  • From the outside, the pilot needs to hold a switch situated on the bottom left of the Archax’s chassis.
    Tim Stevens, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
  • She gets situated for the day, first by checking the weather.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • It is situated right on the canyon rim, and the lodge itself is really cute.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The driver and front passenger seats are situated low in the cabin, to mimic the feel of a sports car.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The war will situate a Ukrainian nation in the West, with borders that will be set on the battlefield.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Brown then retreated into the apartment, where the young child was situated, and locked the door.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The two kitchens inside this house, for example, were situated next to the garage to avoid long trips with heavy grocery bags.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Eight rooms and suites are situated within the three-story home.
    Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • It is situated at the confluence of two rivers: the Varuna and Assi, both tributaries of the Ganges, which join the river course here.
    Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The Supreme Court is poorly situated to resolve those disputes on the fly.
    The Editors, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • It’s situated on a half-acre with a total of eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms across three floors.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Most holiday states are situated in the south and central regions of the United States, along with a few in the Northeast.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Some ranchers though have made changes to assure the health of the Big Hole, which is situated in a county that has more cattle than any other in the state.
    Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The bag opens wide to give more room to situate your belongings before packing it away in your luggage.
    Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2023
  • It’s situated just a few miles from downtown Knoxville, next to an ill-kempt sports field where kids play peewee football.
    Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • It will be situated at the front of Corendon’s Airbus A350 jets, with a wall or curtain separating it from the rest of the aircraft.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Our last stop was the repair shop, which was situated near the space diorama and the giant D-Day diorama.
    Matt Farwell, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The guest rooms and hotel amenities will be situated within the building’s lower three cubes, while the residences will take over the top six cubes.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And if the surroundings weren’t scenic enough, the castle is situated on the banks of the Elliot Water, a small river that flows through the historic county of Angus.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In the 1930s, the Waterfront bar on Kettner Boulevard was true to its name and was situated on the waterfront, before landfill pushed the bay west.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023

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