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
  • 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
  • Would a different Russian leader have behaved differently, under the circumstances?
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023

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