The value of the argument is connected to the immediate circumstances of the person spoken to.

Haplo dragged his thoughts back to the immediate, dangerous circumstances.

Even the greatest poets can't express tragedy in a way that is larger than their immediate circumstances.

But his immediate circumstances - an available apartment, a network of friends with beds and food - made him unusual, too.

She is unable to step outside her immediate circumstances and judge her life according to some set of firm criteria.

"At that age you can empathize with a person's overall life situation, not just their immediate circumstances," he said.

While the immediate circumstances were very different, in each case a few key elements explain the President's decision to fight.

I have no authority over any of you, beyond that of the immediate circumstances, which are transient.

He had been reacting to his immediate circumstances without thinking through the consequences.

But it is a madness that does not take leave of her immediate circumstances.