ADVERB
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because of prevailing conditions
under the circumstances I cannot buy the house
How To Use under the circumstances In A Sentence
- It's a narrow definition of freedom, yes, but necessary under the circumstances, we've all been told a hundred times if we've been told once.
- It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
- She behaved as any upright citizen would have under the circumstances.
- In future blogs, I'll be addressing a number of centripetal forces -- ways that families maintain themselves and their members under the circumstances of modern life, and not to worry, my answers may not be what you'd expect from an old professor of psychology, grandfather of 8, ritualist extraordinaire. Marshall P. Duke: Prime Time for Families
- It would, he thought with a smile, be most unfitting to explode on landing under the circumstances.
- Under the circumstances, the ministry hopes its new policy initiative would bypass the problem.
- I think police officers showed admirable restraint under the circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
- This does not mean that his account is bland and colourless, but he is striving for scholarly objectivity and clarity as far as that is possible under the circumstances.
- he acted morally under the circumstances
- Not being nervous is, of course, probably impossible under the circumstances.