How to Use context in a Sentence

context

noun
  • We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.
  • We need to consider these events in context.
  • The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
  • The context for this drought starts in the winter and spring.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
  • And now a new book is adding more context — and more logs to the fire.
    Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 8 July 2019
  • Many things are done in the name of God and taken out of context.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2017
  • But critics bashed the agency for the lack of context in the tweet linking to the files.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 8 Feb. 2023
  • For some reason that’s funny in the context of the play.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • To put into context, that’s three years of fire loss for us in the span of about a week.
    Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2020
  • A lot of things that were said were taken out of context.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But the courts have not ruled on this issue in context of the workplace.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The video comes from an unknown source and lacks any context.
    Christopher Sherman, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • For context, most parties take around three days to climb the route.
    Matt Skenazy, Outside Online, 6 June 2018
  • Here’s what to look for and ways to put the numbers into context.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2020
  • But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done within the context of the offense.
    oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
  • Broberg dismisses them with a wave of the context wand.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In a pop burger, the meat is subsidiary to its context.
    Peter Meehan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • There’s a lot of context missing from the raw numbers though.
    oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2021
  • His cheeks a cherubic red, Seaborn tried to put his year in context.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This guide breaks it down and puts it into context for you.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
  • All of this is just context for where my career was at this point.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The context of how it was created is crucial for the artist.
    Callum Sutherland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Think about this in the context of history and as a precedent.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
  • For context, The City of Gold only had 58 sales in the same period last year.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Then think about how that might work within the context of your home and available space.
    Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Marvel and Sony could provide the context to tie up these loose ends.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 13 May 2022
  • With that as context, maybe a few bumps in the process are only to be expected.
    Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • That’s because context—the who, where, why, and when of it all—matters.
    Nikki Campo, SELF, 8 June 2022
  • Keaton's Bruce Wayne is retired and living in his estate when the Barrys meet him in the context of the movie.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 June 2023
  • To put $5 trillion a year into context, that’s almost three and a half times more than the $1.51 trillion the ...
    Andrew Follett, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023

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