How to Use under the circumstances in a Sentence

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• Knowing that help was on the way is what let Scot and Angela stay calm under the circumstances.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
• Both urged the justices to uphold the deal as the best possible under the circumstances.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Lanning both had to do under the circumstances amid a coaching change for the Ducks and what the 35-year-old first-year coach will do to keep this class together.
  — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
• For reasons that are a bit inscrutable under the circumstances, the couple had Bee when her sister was two.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Into that it was dropped, under the circumstances rather gently.
  — Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• Bates unquestionably wants to return to Cincinnati but hopes to do so not under the circumstances of the franchise tag.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2022
• People with names can’t make a living under the circumstances that the business has fallen into.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
• Shortly after the suit was filed, Chaplin married eighteen-year-old Oona O’Neill—not a good look under the circumstances.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• It’s generally assumed that under the circumstances, the weight of the cargo would have snapped in half in any sinking scenario.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
• The deputies responded as they were trained to under the circumstances that presented themselves in the moment, Dicus said.
  — Brian Day, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• The joy and humor that came along with flubs and wrong turns, and watching the pros make things up on the fly, was unexpectedly energizing under the circumstances.
  — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 12 June 2023
• Stuart stood under fluorescent office lights and met with what, under the circumstances, seemed like a bit of luck.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• Her first thought was to reschedule a handyman’s visit, which, under the circumstances, would have been embarrassing.
  — The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• The judge ruled that the officers were entitled to immunity and that their actions were proper under the circumstances.
  — Matthew Barakat, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
• Schurr, 31, has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys have argued his use of force was appropriate under the circumstances.
  — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2022
• That's why all executives must be as open and honest as possible under the circumstances.
  — Hunter Patterson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• All these performers do solid work under the circumstances.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• That was the right decision under the circumstances, but each happenstance will vary with the conditions and the individual.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
• That itself was a controversial move, but one that many economists saw as necessary under the circumstances to stem a potential spread of fear about the safety of banks.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
• Still, the prospect of taking on such a celebrated space was daunting, especially under the circumstances: In the midst of the project, the 2020 Beirut port explosion left their studio and the city in shambles, leading them to move to Milan.
  — Laura May Todd Sara Magni, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• Torrez said his office consulted with use-of-force experts who concluded that the use of deadly force was not reasonable under the circumstances.
  — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023
• When the brackets were revealed on Selection Sunday, the conference had secured four bids — the maximum available under the circumstances.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
• Have examples ready that are as objective as possible under the circumstances.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• That’s not an unreasonable timetable under the circumstances, but Baltimoreans may want to be a little skeptical.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
• His finding closely tracked the legal criteria used to define a justifiable shooting, which holds that the shooting must be viewed from the officer’s perspective in the moment and that the actions must be reasonable under the circumstances.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• The new 20-page filing argues that the complaint should be dismissed with prejudice for several reasons, including the attorney-client privilege between Bertolino and the Laundries and that there is no basis to sue a lawyer under the circumstances.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Golik’s decision not to charge Feller came after a panel of five Washington prosecuting attorneys last week failed to reach a consensus on whether the deputy’s actions were reasonable under the circumstances.
  — oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2023
• But Knaziev proudly pointed out the area’s relatively pristine condition under the circumstances, with municipal workers landscaping a public park, collecting detritus in a truck or fixing a light damaged in the blast.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
• On-the-ground reporting is extremely difficult under the circumstances, so exact numbers are impossible to determine.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• These disclosures must include any material climate change information and may not be misleading under the circumstances.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 17 June 2022

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024