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.
• 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
• Here was the leader of the free world caring about my circumstance.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2020
• Both are about to discover how much good there is in the world, even in the hardest of circumstances.
  — Ellen Piligian, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
• Given the circumstances, is there any hope that the two of you will get to see it someday — even if no else can?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019
• Simmons is the last player in the league that should be thrown into a circumstance like this.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2022
• These circumstances have raised questions about the plea.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 17 May 2018
• Saban said the current room needs to be ready in any circumstances.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2023
• Under those circumstances, the Browns must have done something well to hold the Bengals to three points.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• But there were circumstances this year that were crazy, that just don’t happen.
  — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 10 Nov. 2019
• Cancer just happens to be a part of my circumstance right now.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
• It’s not an unusual circumstance for teams to catch fire in the playoffs and go on runs.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2022
• The line also managed the odd circumstance of using a silent count at home.
  — Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• So, in so many ways, the social circumstances that brought them down the wormhole persists.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2024