"I'd say that pretty well describes the situation, Sire."

Unfortunately, the situation just described where each consumer takes x units is unlikely.

The latter situation, in effect, describes the cold war world we have just left behind.

The situation describes always the starting point to which a fix is applied.

The situation described in the book, unfathomable to me.

The situation described didn't seem particularly novel to me, until I discussed it with my similarly disposed office mate.

Q. You keep using this phrase "the situation" to describe the underlying cause of wrongdoing.

The place is fully booked months in advance, but callers never hear the situation described that way.

Paradoxically, situations such as the ones already described arise very frequently.

"And the situations these books describe they sound like what's happening on Earth, now, don't they?"