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
• But critics bashed the agency for the lack of context in the tweet linking to the files.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 8 Feb. 2023
• A lot of things that were said were taken out of context.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• For some reason that’s funny in the context of the play.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
• The video comes from an unknown source and lacks any context.
  — Christopher Sherman, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
• But the courts have not ruled on this issue in context of the workplace.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
• Broberg dismisses them with a wave of the context wand.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• Many things are done in the name of God and taken out of context.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2017
• This guide breaks it down and puts it into context for you.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
• 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
• In a pop burger, the meat is subsidiary to its context.
  — Peter Meehan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
• All of this is just context for where my career was at this point.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
• There’s a lot of context missing from the raw numbers though.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2021
• Think about this in the context of history and as a precedent.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 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
• But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done within the context of the offense.
  — oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
• Then think about how that might work within the context of your home and available space.
  — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2019
• The movie is coming out in a very different context than it was made.
  — Jake Coyle, star-telegram.com, 26 June 2017
• With that as context, maybe a few bumps in the process are only to be expected.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• His cheeks a cherubic red, Seaborn tried to put his year in context.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2022
• A few years later, the name cropped up in a more criminal context.
  — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 15 July 2021
• Jadin tells his father in the context of being bullied at school.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2021
• Ahead, see the brief context behind these two special names.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Dec. 2022
• Marvel and Sony could provide the context to tie up these loose ends.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 May 2022
• Some people love us best out of our context and in theirs, with all their people and things.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024