circumstance

Example Sentences

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In these circumstances, the deafening buzz of the everyday finally reduces to a faint, pleasant hum.

From Salon

Other shared influences, such as family circumstances or sleep disorders, could also contribute to both increased sugar intake and anxiety symptoms.

From Science Daily

A vicious cycle has become ingrained - a deprived area to which poor people are sent, or find their way to through circumstance, rather than choice.

From BBC

Jonah wiped his face on his sleeve—okay, not good manners, but it was the best he could do under the circumstances—and left the bathroom.

From Literature

Parenthetically, while deflation is not an immediate threat to the U.S., circumstances are fluid, especially with respect to population decline.

From MarketWatch