How to Use situation in a Sentence

situation

noun
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  • He's in a bad situation.
  • I have a situation that I have to deal with at the moment.
  • You may find yourself in a situation where you lose control of the vehicle.
  • My parents are retired and in a good situation.
  • The house is in a wonderful situation overlooking the valley.
  • How is your financial situation?
  • I'm worried about the current political situation.
  • The entire site is 30% off—a very rare situation, by the way—and sale styles are up to 70% off.
    — Jake Smith, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The situation was bases loaded, two outs, full count in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2023
  • That is a little out of my price range, a situation that won’t change soon.
    — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This is, in his telling, a both/and situation, not an either/or.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Do a pulse check on your own feelings about the situation first.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 26 July 2024
  • Saying no has always been hard for me in the best of situations.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, the situation on the front lines is very difficult.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • If that is still too subtle, leave the situation alone.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • That’s why Butler holds at least some of the leverage in this situation.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This was done during the pause, to check on people’s food-security situation, both in the north and in the south.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The key is to choose the right strategies and the right crops and varieties for your specific situation.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 24 Sep. 2023
  • This is a run, don’t walk, quickly-add-to-cart situation.
    — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
  • To me, that situation says, ‘All right, I’m done talking.
    — Toyin Owoseje, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The situation between the two came to a head in 2005 during the firm’s off-site retreat at Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t curse the cosmos, though, rather note that this situation is karmic in nature!
    — Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Pay for enough of it to make the Cougars’ basketball situation look like a place where winning can and will happen.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Barkley has not seemed thrilled by Warner’s handling of the situation.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 July 2024
  • At first, the situation feels fraught with danger — is this an ambush?
    — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
  • Why go back to Netflix if that situation wasn’t ideal for his last movie?
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • That shaking hand was a gesture that spoke of the reality of the situation.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Others offered a more humorous take on the situation, with one writing that whether the couple picks the name for a child depends largely on what the name actually is.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Newsweek has contacted the USDA via email for comment on the ongoing situation.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

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