in a state

Example Sentences

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In a state that is “difficult or impossible to access without driving,” one plaintiff said losing his license will cost him his administrative associate job at the University of Kansas.

From The Wall Street Journal

We live in a state with a low cost of living, but very high taxes.

From MarketWatch

By his own admission, Daniel Smith exists in a state of perpetual annoyance.

From The Wall Street Journal

Government auditors called out the purchase—not for being tacky but for how the worker got to the store: in a state car.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dozens of well-respected newspapers ran stories, some entirely fabricated, “the bodies of Sir John Franklin and his men have been found by Dr. Kane’s party, completely frozen, and in a state of perfect preservation.”

From Literature