Sentence examples for situations are set from inspiring English sources

The actors speak in Asian languages, and the situations are set in immigrant neighborhoods.

All 32 N.F.L. quarterback situations are set after last week's flurry of moves.

"Sket" sites, where pictures of girls are posted by vengeful ex-boyfriends, often in compromising situations, are set up on Facebook and other networking sites, or the images are circulated on smart phone messaging systems, along with a request to give marks out of 10 for the "sket" or "bitch".

At first, The Last Minute may seem reminiscent of a spate of adult horror novels spawned by James Herbert's The Rats in the 1970s, in which situations are set up and characters introduced purely to be struck down, with the reader wondering when and how; the big difference here is that the explosions don't occur until the final moment, so Updale has given herself a far more challenging task.

A review in T.P.'s & Cassell's Weekly foresaw no difficulties for The Well: "One cannot say what effect this book will have on the public attitude of silence or derision, but every reader will agree with Mr. Havelock Ellis in the preface, that 'the poignant situations are set forth with a complete absence of offence.'" James Douglas, editor of the Sunday Express newspaper, did not agree.

But the framework for handling tough situations is set.

"People just being told to say things, or situations being set up to create drama.

Good manners for ordinary people in everyday situations were set forth in the United States by two prominent and influential arbiters of taste, Emily Post and Amy Vanderbilt.

Body Double (1985, 18, Col-TriStar, DVD/Retail, Rental) Brian De Palma's audacious reworking of familiar Hitchcockian themes and situations is set in Hollywood and features super-wimp Craig Wasson as a second-rate actor who becomes the Rear Window, Vertigo-style fall guy of a nasty plot involving skin-flick actress Melanie Griffith.

In The Witcher 3, monster-slaying protagonist Geralt can freeze to death in certain situations, be set upon by all manner of beasts, and must forage from the land in order to concoct his various oils and potions.

The quarterback situation is set, the coaching situation is set.