How to Use environment in a Sentence
environment
noun- Many plants are unable to survive in such a harsh environment.
- He grew up in a loving environment.
- These animals were raised in a controlled environment.
- Pollution is bad for the environment.
- We're trying to create a better business environment.
- Heredity and environment are both important.
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This environment will be good for you.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026
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That is bad for the city’s budget and bad for the environment.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
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There are only puffers that are the right fit for your environment.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2022
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Sometimes the want that is not good for the environment wins—and should win.
—Kate Wheeling, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2019
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But in that environment, why bother with the pricey show at all?
—Marc Bain, Quartzy, 7 Sep. 2019
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And the environments look a lot more varied this time around.
—Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 28 Mar. 2019
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Of course, a safe environment can be defined in many ways.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Again, the environment is on their side to plug-and-play someone at this spot.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2022
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In off-road environments, stepping out to scout ahead can be risky.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
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This truck doesn’t run on gas, which is harmful for the environment.
—Allegra Blackwood, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2021
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Choose a fabric that makes sense for the kitchen environment.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
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Who would want to work in that kind of environment, where grown adults don’t even know how to act anymore?
—cleveland, 12 July 2021
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In terms of like this sort of seething, ready-to-blow prison environment that people maybe think about?
—Chris Francescani, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2020
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So just being able to shoot in that environment has been like a dream, to be honest.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2021
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Our brain is attuned to noticing new things in the busy environment around us.
—Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2022
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Going from a warm environment to a cold one, like a cool room, can promote sleep.
—Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 7 Mar. 2026
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The nuts should then be washed and dried before storing them in a cool environment.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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In this case, what’s good for the environment is clearly also good for our health.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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In an environment like a school, there can be a ripple effect.
—Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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In real life, there are no teenagers who work as Makanai in that environment.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2023
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Bose claims the buds won’t leak sound into your environment, even with the open design.
—Popular Science, 5 Jan. 2021
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Scoob was allowed to spend his days in a calmer environment, with staff present throughout the day.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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All of this, of course, is to create a safer environment, Varas said.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
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Once the headset is strapped on, a living room environment is shown.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
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