How to Use environment in a Sentence

environment

noun
  • Many plants are unable to survive in such a harsh environment.
  • He grew up in a loving environment.
  • These animals were raised in a controlled environment.
  • Pollution is bad for the environment.
  • We're trying to create a better business environment.
  • Heredity and environment are both important.
  • In an environment like a school, there can be a ripple effect.
    Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Bills to watch:These bills seek to protect the environment and Hoosiers' health.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In an environment like this, working at a company like ours has tremendous value.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Plant growers are plant lovers too, with a great appreciation for the environment and ecosystems.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2023
  • For more climate and environment news, follow @Sammy_Roth on Twitter.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • This test was conducted in an environment that provided equal testing procedures for each product: the Car and Driver garage.
    Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The drop is the latest setback for the company’s share price, which has plummeted 70% over the past year, due in part to a tough macro environment and the overall decrease in crypto prices.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But the calendar was not tested in a competitive primary environment.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Cogongrass is a serious threat to Alabama’s environment.
    Cole Sikes Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The cash that comes with the coveted honor will indeed give Wong the freedom to create in an environment unfettered by the financial angst typical of the working artist.
    Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • One of their working ideas is to have students make a Winogradsky column, a sort of test tube environment that shows how chemistry, physics, and biology intertwine to enable life.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2023
  • On the open road, the RS3 feels much more in its environment.
    Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Sometimes the want that is not good for the environment wins—and should win.
    Kate Wheeling, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2019
  • See, the oven is as controlled of an environment as the Egg.
    Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 28 June 2018
  • That would have been one of the funnest games to play in – just the environment and how good the rivalry is.
    Rene Ferran For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Again, the environment is on their side to plug-and-play someone at this spot.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2022
  • And the environments look a lot more varied this time around.
    Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 28 Mar. 2019
  • So my kids feel very at home in that kind of environment.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2022
  • All of this, of course, is to create a safer environment, Varas said.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • For 14 days, all 40 starters were kept in the same growing environment and were fed once a day.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But the chemicals don't break down in the environment and have been linked to a host of diseases.
    Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • But in that environment, why bother with the pricey show at all?
    Marc Bain, Quartzy, 7 Sep. 2019
  • In terms of like this sort of seething, ready-to-blow prison environment that people maybe think about?
    Chris Francescani, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • But in the current environment, that may not be enough.
    Paul Tumpowsky, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2020

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