Wondering how to use Situation in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as position or occupation.

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Situation in a sentence

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Situation meaning

  1. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
  2. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
  3. The place in which something is situated; a location.

Synonyms of Situation

Example sentences (20)

He commented, “Number one, I think we need to stop doing a hip-hop scene — his situation is not a hip-hop situation.

Mr Khan said: “This is not an ideal situation for the council but it’s not a unique situation for local authorities.

If we compare the situation to pre-crisis times, we realize that the situation today is similar to 2019," Auväärt said.

More than a proverbial “cleaner,” he assesses the situation and begins to plot her escape from the situation.

Africa Oil Corporation managed to handle a similar situation in Kenya, but it's a tough situation to handle.

The drill began as an active shooter situation inside the airport and later turned into a hostage situation on an aircraft.

In an emergency response situation, the aim is to ensure that the situation does not escalate any further.

People have been left divided over the situation, and hundreds of comments rolled in about the situation.

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Summing up the nation’s current situation, the coalition stated, “’Hungry man, angry man’ aptly describes Nigeria’s situation.

The rocket fire from caught Netanyahu in the most embarrassing situation for him and the most useful situation for his rivals.

Pak can hit out of a tough situation, but the real key to success, of course, is to avoid being in the tough situation at all.

She pleaded with the government to look into the situation and ensure that the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) rectifies the situation.

The situation in Manipur transcends the law and order situation or of land domain, General Pande said.

Despite the bizarre line of questioning, Dimitrov found the situation amusing, and attempted to make the best of a bad situation.

It said that “the situation still remains volatile which may flare up at any time further deteriorating the law and order situation”.

Head Coach Vic Fangio was asked about that situation at cornerback and he admitted he has never been in this type of situation before.

So that’s kind of the scope of the situation, the monitoring of the situation that we’re doing.

He met a very challenging situation, not many people thought including the president himself that the situation was as bad as he met it.

But last time i.e. in the year 2018, such an anti-incumbency i.e. anti-incumbency situation was created and that situation still persists.

He noted that, “The situation in Nigeria is hard, but no bad situation can’t be made good.

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Common combinations with situation

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the situation 139×
  • situation in 43×
  • situation and 24×
  • situation is 14×
  • situation of 12×
  • this situation 11×
  • situation was 10×
  • situation where
  • situation the
  • situation on

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "situation" in a sentence?
An example: "He commented, “Number one, I think we need to stop doing a hip-hop scene — his situation is not a hip-hop situation." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "situation" from real English texts.
What does "situation" mean?
Situation means: The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
What are synonyms of "situation"?
Common synonyms of "situation" include: position, place, occupation, billet, spot, office, berth, post. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "situation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "situation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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