How to Use situation in a Sentence

situation

noun
  • 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.
  • Take my situation out of it, take my role out of it.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This is the wrong time to be caught in these situations.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Now, a few years have passed and the situation is worse.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Sources briefed on the situation said he had been shot in the leg.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • How will that play in your day-to-day situation?
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Adraee chalked up the whole situation as a win.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Think of it as a high/low situation.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This is not a black-and-white situation.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But the situation there was even worse.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The situation is more dire than that.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And both his shot volume and speed are down in all situations.
    — Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The situation comes to a head when Nico does try to fight back.
    — Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This was one of those dire situations from which teams do not escape.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And, there are a lot of people in that situation right now.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • What are your thoughts on this situation?
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Do a pulse check on your own feelings about the situation first.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 26 July 2024
  • That is a little out of my price range, a situation that won’t change soon.
    — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But a leasing situation caused the two to lose their space.
    — Jenna Thompson march 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Any person in that situation would have done the same thing.
    — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • If there's a situation where the house got to get cleaned, one of us going to clean it.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • This is, in his telling, a both/and situation, not an either/or.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In short, that means this film will not be serving as any sort of send-off situation.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025

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