The phrase "driven by circumstances" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when one is compelled to act by unfavorable conditions or a difficult situation. For example: "Faced with the financial strain, I was driven by circumstances to take a second job."
Finally, WHO's travel spending is occasionally driven by circumstances.
Sellers, the presentation points out, are largely driven by circumstances like death, divorce and debt.
She's driven by circumstances into crime and prostitution, he's the lover who serves to redeem her.
The British were deeply resentful of America's tardy entry, driven by circumstances rather than principle.
Driven by circumstances and self-confidence, the president has made himself the star performer in the national drama.
Just as each candidate must take a measure of his own race, the party's response is also driven by circumstances.
Today, Katerina, given her money, could have hired a sharp defense counsel to argue that she was driven by circumstance to kill her father-in-law and husband.
But once he embraces that bad thought, he's so lost to logic, so driven by circumstance, you begin to wonder if free will is nothing more than a cosmic joke.
It enters the lives of a group of young men, driven by circumstance, discrimination and poverty to make the perilous journey from the Indian subcontinent to the UK and the mysterious young Sikh woman whose fate becomes intertwined with theirs.
Jennings's decision, driven by circumstance and opportunity, is challenging the custom that an elite player must attend college before he pursues his dream of playing in the N.B.A. Playing professionally in Europe suits Jennings's basketball goals and is far more lucrative than a college scholarship.
