CONTEXT in a Sentence

Learn CONTEXT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

26 example sentences for CONTEXT, such as:

1. The context makes the meaning clear.
2. And taken with the context, this is full of meaning.
3. In this context, apprentices offer a cheap source of labor.
4. It is important to look at the novel in its historical context.
5. We need to consider the problem of vandalism within a wider context.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONTEXT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
context
 n.  circumstance
Classic Sentence:
1  And taken with the context, this is full of meaning.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
2  He did not, and could not, understand the meaning of words apart from their context.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  This small battle is very important in the context of Scottish history.
2  The context makes the meaning clear.
3  A consideration of the cultural context of such concept formations is largely absent from his work.
4  Further, it may even be appropriate to debate again whether consent is appropriate as the governing concept in the medical-legal context.
5  We need to consider the problem of vandalism within a wider context.
6  It is important to look at the political and cultural context in which the novel was written.
7  We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
8  It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
9  This statement must be understood in the context of the entire document.
10  It is important to look at the novel in its historical context.
11  In this context, apprentices offer a cheap source of labor.
12  To appreciate what these changes will mean, it is necessary to look at them in context.
13  Institutions provide a context in which individuals can take on different roles.
14  I plan to consider these questions as they relate to the human need to create and maintain self-identity in a social context.
15  In the context of post-war uncertainty it is relatively easy to relate existentialism to abstract expressionism.