Case Sentence Examples

But this is not the case historically.

Don't plead my case for me.

You should take notes in case we forget some detail.

To build a case for the end of poverty, we begin by discussing scarcity.

He remained adverse to any case where he knew for sure that someone was killed.

In any case, he found something else interesting.

It gives everyone a chance to make her case and be heard.

In one case, the technology, writing, probably resulted in our memories getting worse, but we gained much more than we lost.

The point of this gold indicator bends over the edge of the case, round which are set eleven raised points--the stem forms the twelfth.

In any case, Alex might not be happy with her old-fashioned ideas.

Howie remained obsessed that he'd failed to nail the culprit and when he heard of this later case, he begged Quinn to take enough time away from his wife and new daughter for a single session.

I believe this is the case with energy.

But in this case I don't think I made a mistake.

The part of the room behind the columns, with a high silk-curtained mahogany bedstead on one side and on the other an immense case containing icons, was brightly illuminated with red light like a Russian church during evening service.

In that case you would not have obliged me to give this refusal.

Her fingers found the door handle - just in case.

A case of pure stupidity; picking up a hitchhiking teenager.

I'll try to dig up an old case file if you decide you want my help.

In this case, we pay for the use of a womb.

Only the lid of the case containing the carpets would not shut down.

Yet before the day was over, it was obvious that wasn't the case.

Either situation might be the case.

That wasn't the case.

Whatever the case, Natalie began suckling as soon as the nipple was in her mouth.

In any case, Yancey didn't seem to be all that determined to avoid a relationship.

Each case I handle gives me that much more experience.

In another case, a missing twelve year old boy turned out to be a runaway.

She would determine which case had the best chance of success.

I recognized the case.

We almost passed up the case, thinking it was yet another teenager leaving home on her own.

I asked Daniel Brennan if there was any progress in the Bryce case.

In this case, I didn't waste my time trying.

She had expected to find Alex had paid the hospital bill, but that wasn't the case.

In her case, any change would have to be an improvement - and what about the loss of innocence?

Two receiving instruments, a siphon recorder and a mirror galvanometer, are shown; one only is absolutely necessary, but it is convenient Cable to have the galvanometer ready, so that in case of accident to the recorder it may be at once switched into circuit by the switch s.

This would be the case in a besieged city or a nation using the food supply to keep its citizenry in check.

But I am making a case I believe I can defend and will begin by defining my terms.

I told her that the book wasn't afraid, and must sleep in its case, and that "girl" mustn't read in bed.

The forest has never so good a setting, nor is so distinctly beautiful, as when seen from the middle of a small lake amid hills which rise from the water's edge; for the water in which it is reflected not only makes the best foreground in such a case, but, with its winding shore, the most natural and agreeable boundary to it.

Maybe it was more a case of wishing it were so.

Still, it didn't hurt to let someone know - just in case.

That couldn't happen in Howie's case.

She increased our supply by five dollars' worth, just in case.

I don't mean the four attempts on the one case.

Under no circumstances should we ever personally get directly involved with a case.

The crime was eerily reminiscent of the Delaware kidnapping case where Howie was unsuccessful.

Especially, I want to succeed spectacularly with the type of case we handled today.

Martha had continued to take copious notes on each and every case.

He hinted this case was only one of his many accomplishments.

Sorry. That was a pretty blatant case of prying, wasn't it?

The case of Jude Bryce, and/or his brother remained unresolved.

Watch your back and keep your fake papers handy, just in case.

The site is indexed and assigned case numbers.

The child molester was tied to a similar but stronger case.

Usually we rely on Betsy's sole decision as a method of choosing a case but the wide spread interest in this kidnapping caused her to share it with all of us.

While Martha and Betsy, buoyed by our recent success, were eager to tackle the case, Quinn, not surprisingly, and yours truly to a lesser extent, were hesitant.

Much the case with Howie and Julie, I felt the personal lives of our group deserved their own space to address their own problems.

When we first accepted Mr. Cooms' generous funding, we established this secure connection in case he ever had a need to contact us.

She made her case.

Julie was a basket case when she learned she'd be required to transfer planes in Los Angeles.

I figured these abductions mirror some old case, and then there's a time break of a few years, like he was away.

Neither of us believed that to be the case.

He claims he never hurt anyone seriously and the case file seems to bear him out.

Ronnie doesn't know any of those people and he keeps saying I should step up to the plate, like it's the least I could do 'cause he already tolerates me like a bad case of hemorrhoids.

An investigation proved that to be the case.

They closed the case when a guy named Willard Humphries they were sure did it was sent away for another crime.

That makes it an open case.

She wasn't on my list, probably because the police considered the case closed.

He promised to keep a close watch on our house, just in case.

He insisted on leaving the vehicle at my disposal in case I needed it.

I pushed the door slowly and found a case of water bottles, bread, peanut butter, crackers, cheese and several sealed containers of fruits and puddings.

Our case of water bottles, down three from the original two dozen would need to be rationed.

This man's look was considering, as if he were trying to memorize her features in case he needed the information in the future.

She waited for a long moment in case he came back.

And ready an emergency evac plan, just in case.

Pack a bag, just in case.

Jimmy, rig them as well, just in case.

He withdrew a small case with a needle in it and several small vials.

He returned the case and grabbed her again.

Iggy cut in, agitation clear as she fumbled to open the case to her iPad.

In any case, I'm on my way, darling, he said with disapproval.

She kept her voice low, in case the room next door was occupied.

In either case, I'm planning on expelling them and the Others both from the mortal realm.

Two swung his legs off the bed, holding his breath in case she spoke again.

Since he was the one she wanted to learn to outsmart, in case things broke bad, she doubted he'd teach her anything.

You know that's not the case.

I brought this, in case you needed a negotiation tool to use to protect yourself from him.

In either case, Deidre never put a stupid deal over the life of another suffering as she had.

In case I win our deal.

A real live mystery, even if it's probably only a fender-bender auto case.

It was only a week past the longest day of the year and still light outside but Dean joined her, in case she changed her mind and needed him.

If that were the case, Dean wondered, why had Joseph also rented a Jeep and parked out of sight behind Bird Song?

With all you're got on your plate, being a basket case would be perfectly acceptable behavior.

If scaring us was the case, they certainly were successful.

The judge told us not to discuss the case.

Can't discuss the case.

How much time do you suppose we're spending on a case where as far as we can tell no one is in harm's way whatsoever?

He thanked her and she promised to keep the file on her desk, just in case.

She didn't say just in case of what.

Actually, I'm a lawyer, working with local counsel on a pending case.

While she'd most likely be out on the job, he'd case the place, now that his detective hat was fitting so well.

Now that his diet had begun, wouldn't you know, Paul Dawkins had sprung for a case.

The case hasn't even begun!

I don't see how telling us what the case is about, who the litigants are and who's the attorney compromises anything.

Solving a current murder was difficult enough—a forty-year-old case was near impossible.

It was simply a case of differing definitions of quid pro quo.

Unfortunately, my attorney thinks they have a pretty good case.

Finally, he asked, "What are you going to do with the land if you win the case?"

Much as I'd like to, I won't ask her if her mother's maiden name was Plotke, nor will I tell her daddy's bones may be taking a motor home trip up the west coast—or that his pinkie is in your jewel case.

They gathered ponchos and a blanket, just in case afternoon showers arrived a bit early.

He glanced back at Fred, who had again closed his eyes and was prattling on about the best ways to "case" the storage facility.

Either one of them might have stolen the bony digit from Cynthia's jewelry case and fired a gun at the Lucky Pup Mine.

She was a nut case.

His court duties were presumably over now that the case was settled.

Nasty bitches like me eat them alive, but in your case I'll try to restrain myself.

If that were the case, why did someone try so hard to cover up his identity?

Neither a hero nor a Good Samaritan, Wynn found himself retreating to the far wall, in case the worst-case scenario happened, and one of the powerful creatures decided to act.

I think Wynn was insurance, in case something went wrong.

He shut down her ability to use the portals, just in case there was something else going on.

If you trusted me, that wouldn't be the case.

You know that's not the case now, right?

The worst case scenario – that she died of a tumor – was no longer possible.

But he hoped that wasn't the case.

In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of running away.

Most of the time they did, but in the case of Lori, each time Carmen asked him about it, he simply said they would discuss it later.

Such was the case when Katie called.

In rural areas, first responders were often neighbors, which was the fortunate case with them.

Two men got out and one reached in the back, picking up a case.

In any case, the vow was for better or for worse.

In which case, the best thing to do was let it drop.

Maybe his inability to talk was more a case of unwillingness to talk.

At first she though exhaustion might be the cause, but when he started working longer hours, it was obvious that wasn't the case.

In any case, he needed the rest.

Whatever the case, research and contemplation had not dampened the desire for more children – their children.

If anything, she felt lucky to have a doctor who saw her as more than a case.

Grab this guy and take him downstairs in case his soul pops up later.

There are no locks on the doors or windows, and only one route of egress in the case of an emergency.

Logan was an accountant, not a security guard, yet he barricaded the doors with furniture before bed in case there were criminals wandering the beach.

She wasn't going to be on the beach when dark fell, in case Gabriel came back.

What made someone like you take my case?

In any case, I went to visit you at your apartment recently to ask you something.

He'll be safe this way, she told herself again, hoping that was the case.

In that case, I understand completely.

We both did, just in case.

In that case, I'll just go home.

Worst case scenario, she'd call her.

In that case, then, if you ever hurt me, I'll throw myself to the ocean!

In any case, it looks like Ully needs to go back to the drawing board, and we use Rhyn for now to take out Sasha's henchmen.

Kris lit another torch to display a darkened case on the wall.

Jade looked around in case someone else saw what he.d done.

She visited the small café and dropped three boxed lunches into a tote bag along with extra cocoa and marshmallows in case Toby woke up soon.

Hannah would be a basket case if she only knew the extent of Katie.s issues!

She found herself ascending the servants. stairwell at a run, in case the Ully-demon was still stalking her, until she reached her floor, which appeared blessedly free of any signs of battle and death.

Hauling her to the bed, he shook out a pillow from its case and draped the case over her head like a hood.

She stumbled but pressed herself to keep up, in case he left her there and she was trapped.

She feared leaving the injured woman, in case Jade lurked on the other side of the hill or there were animals that might drag her away.

Which hall is that in case I start wandering in the morning?

These are all lower case.

Dean hoped that wouldn't be the case, but he was less than sure.

It brings the authorities into the picture in case Shipton does show up and causes trouble.

It's like in the case of a death.

She's always doing something melodramatic—a real nut case.

He didn't tell her of his escalating concerns over the Shipton case, nor, surprisingly did she ask about it.

They don't have a strong case, but if I'm the only one they're looking at, someone's going to get away with murder.

If that's the case, then why would someone take the knife in the first place?

By my read, all the police are doing is making a case against David Dean.

She won't answer, but just in case the law's got a tap on the line it'll keep 'em off base.

It was never clear if that was the case and the kid lucked out, but Dean used the excuse of mock consternation to excuse himself and walk uptown to telephone Cynthia.

He's closing the case, and the open case on her husband's fall as well.

Not, Dean surmised, out of a sense of charity as much as a severe case of nosiness.

But for most of Dean's life, hadn't that always been the case?

He wanted to stay home in case the human got out of line, yet Sarah had insisted he leave for the night.

He wanted to listen in when she talked to Skippy in case he got out of line, so hurried downstairs.

In that case, why don't you tell me a little about her?

A case sat by the door and he drank from a bottle.

I plan to put a huge dent in that case of bourbon.

I know I can't do anything to plead your case, but what if Samantha spoke to them and told them what happened here.

Jackson added, "Worst case scenario is you end up having to influence them."

I rest my case.

I can remember more than one time with a case of flu in the dead of winter - running back and forth to the outhouse.

If that were the case, his attitude would change quickly enough when he held his first baby.

She lowered the titanium glass and stepped away, tossing the case onto a desk.

Sensing he had the upper hand in any case, Brady forced himself away from her.

Save a little in case you run into any bad guys.

Not this time, in case I don't come back.

They said he'd been a basket case for almost two months by the time he jumped.

This isn't a case of good guy, bad guy.

I'm thinking someone is destroying the fed buildings in case a certain fed is hiding there.

They moved on, taking circuitous routes back to the underground entrance in case they were being watched.

In any case, my husband, Mike—who was voted to be the liaison with the soldiers—isn't likely to let it happen.

No love lost between us and them in any case.

I didn't expect him to get so far, and he may not pass at all.  In any case, I have a much larger problem.  I interfered when I shouldn't have, she said.

Gods, but he could smell her sweet scent!  Her large eyes seemed to see right through him.  He feared reaching out, in case she slid through his fingers like smoke.  He'd lost her in life; he wasn't going to risk losing her in his dreams.  He could imagine closing the distance between them, sweeping her up into his arms, and making love to her on the beach.

Rhyn crossed his arms, irritated.  Kiki trotted from the patio into the house perched on a hill overlooking Tokyo.  He returned ten minutes later with a small briefcase, a jacket and a hard case for his iPad.  Rhyn opened the portal, and the two strode through it, back to the massive tree where Rhyn had lost Toby in the cold, wet French Alps.

Maybe.  In any case, whatever you felt for Jade, you have to figure out how to get over it.  You have your mate.  I've been waiting for mine for a lifetime.

She reached the place where the food cubes had landed, bending to pick them up in case she needed them later.

He'd paid in advance for two assignations after he began to suspect there was a traitor in his organization.  The second had been for Katie, in case she couldn't be reasoned with.

And you sure don't know a damn thing about this case.

The first word on the case Sackler and DeLeo were arguing about had come by way of a call from the Norfolk, Virginia Police Department the prior afternoon, Dean's day off.

Still, a case that spawned a novel basis for argument was always a welcomed diversion from their increasing caseload.

I don't know anything about the case, but I know it would take a room full of CPA's to figure out how many cups of coffee you guys owe each other.

Dean made up his mind not to make up his mind until he knew more about the case.

Dean usually devoted the solitary time behind the wheel to sorting out details of a case, putting little facts in their slots like letters in a country post office.

Dean passed out his business card to Mayer and a few of the other workers in case anything important came to mind.

Their case was weak, but they had a strong feeling they had the right man and with a little work could put it together.

This case is looking like a no-brainer.

Finally you've got something interesting—a case we can really sink our teeth into.

I remember a case like this.

This here case may be a lot more complicated than you think.

Norfolk called to confirm Dean's flight, adding there was nothing much new on the case from their end.

By the time he left the office for the ten-minute walk across the square to the courthouse, he felt com­fortable with the progress of the case.

Bobby was assigned to the pending burglary case and Dean had made the arrest.

Are you talking about the Byrne case?

We're about ready to close our end of the case unless you've found something that looks fishy.

I pulled Sackler off that check fraud case and gave him the Wasserman business full time.

Now, let's get down to this case.

The 'case' is a police matter if it's a case at all.

Rita Angeltoni banged away on her keyboard, complaining of a terminal case of morning sickness.

He wants to close up that Byrne case unless you've found a real good reason to keep it open.

While the case might be officially closed, Dean felt an obliga­tion to Randy Byrne, as well as his own curiosity, to follow up the March fourth Whitney Motel incident.

Dean felt guilty about pursuing the case but made a note to try and speak with the youth.

Dean gave him the list but informed him the case was closed.

I'm not even sure you've got the stuff to get in the ball game—and if that's the case, you're already a dead man.

Like everyone else, he'd hoped Parkside was out of the case and was disappointed to learn the FBI was expecting Parkside's con­tinued assistance in the investigation.

I'm on a new case now, and things are a little confusing.

The case was over.

After a quick supper of pastrami and fruit at Uncle Sally's Galley, Dean pedaled 27 hard miles, working up a good sweat and a painful case of shin splints.

The Byrne case was closed but in spite of Winston's admonishment, the matter wouldn't leave his mind.

It listed apartments, furnished or unfur­nished and a telephone number, just in case someone should hap­pen by.

Dean wished he'd brought the picture of Jeffrey Byrne that World Wide had recently sent but it remained in the case file at the office.

He and Burgess learned they'd both biked in the same 100-mile fund raiser two years earlier, before Dean caught a case of the lazies.

He filled Fred in on his conversation with Cece Baldwin and tried to dismiss the entire case as a waste of time.

Let's look at the facts, make a decision and close the case.

Dean asked Hunter for the address, just in case.

I probably got a terminal case of hemorrhoids.

She hasn't worked on the other case....

But you can do me a favor on the case.

We thought we could lock the file drawer on this case when a body washed up, but no such luck.

By Wednesday afternoon the matter was set­tled and the disposition of the case was in the hands of Bobby Witherspoon, the assistant DA, and the juvenile court system.

Tom DeLeo continued doing legwork on the Wassermann case, a curious jurisdictional mess with the Federal boys in charge but legions of local flat feet in scattered municipalities doing their grunt work.

But he's gotten some wild idea about the Byrne case.

The FBI had put out a statement they were handling the Wasserman case and pur­suing strong leads out of state.

He was gonna just leave a message but I explained I knew all about the case.

Winston would have my job if I blew his mob case on unfounded specula­tion and if I went public in any way, the news is sure to get out.

Maybe Corbin is just another name—a nom de plume—another alias for Byrne, just in case.

It didn't have anything to do with the case.

You're not just seeing my mother so you can get more evidence on the case are you?

Besides, I'm tired of leading these bozos through this case.

The case is all yours.

The annoying little details of the Byrne case were still squirm­ing around in the morning, and in an effort to put one of them to bed Dean stopped by the Parkside Sentinel on his way to work.

With all other thoughts lulled from his mind by the steady cadence of the wheels, he moved step by step through every facet of the Byrne case.

How about I come down there just before seven so's they can follow me in case they don't know where it is.

Dean began to wonder if he was laying his pension on the line by not reporting the entire case in an official manner.

The case is closed.

We thought we'd be cute and not announce it, just in case some interesting candidates showed up here to finish their handi­work.

It's really helping build up the case against Delasandro.

If that's the case, why did he bring his tent?

It seemed more of the inves­tigation time of this case had taken place in motel rooms than any­where else.

Byrne was a simple skip case.

I didn't sic Nota on anyone—that came from Vinnie Baratto by way of Arthur Atherton and it didn't have a damned thing to do with the Byrne case.

If you agree to let me fasten your other arm and drop this pillow case over your head so you can't see, I'll let you chat with our friend, but that's the only way.

Jonathan secured his wrist, shook a pillow from its case and pulled the cloth over Dean's head.

The FBI built a good case against Burgess.

Had anyone else been that close, she would have felt her space was being invaded, but in this case the smell of his cologne and his close proximity increased her pulse.

In any case, she couldn't... wouldn't, let him walk her up the mountain again.

In any case, I've walked that path many times from or to the creek at night.

She blushed and jerked the pillow case off.

In any case, it could be Alex.

Her voice was controlled – just in case it was Alex.

Whatever the case, it was important to him that she stay with him.

Kind of, except that in this case, God told you not to open them in the first place – and he saw you do it anyway.

Whatever the case, they were either honest or meant to give her joy.

Whatever the case, she pulled away unsatisfied.

Maybe it was because he took his time, or because there were so many opportunities that were passed over – whatever the case, it wasn't as unpleasant as she had imagined.

Whatever the case, it worked well for them.

Whatever the case, the feeling of impending doom continued.

Whatever the case, it was an undeniable fact now.

Alex had insisted on keeping it that way in case something happened to him.

Whatever the case, she started to cry again.

The difference in this case is that it is getting to be a pattern — increasing in frequency and violence.

Probably. We're warning our respective people to prepare, in case it happens.

I need Darian alive, in case the plan to rule the mortal world doesn't quite work out for me.

I wanted to give it to you, in case I … Jenn's throat grew tight as she looked at her little girl.

She'd kept the mountain to her left, just in case she needed to find a place to hide out.

Jenn drew a knife in case an animal had also taken refuge in the cave.

In any case, it's my turn.

He moved closer to her in case the unseen threat attacked, hands on the hilts of his daggers.

He resisted the urge to burn them, in case the brittle papers held more secrets he needed.

In either case, he'd just caused her pain he'd never want to feel.

In any case, the house rental was her business and she needed to gain the confidence of running it without his direction.

In any case, it's your truck – your business.

In this case, it didn't matter, though.

In any case, she was supposed to be taking care of the guests, not the other way around.

In any case, I wouldn't want to stand in the way of romance.

Whatever the case, he seemed thoroughly at ease in the role.

Touching the case at her side, she froze.

It wasn't in the case on her side.

In any case, hiring a handler would eat up her profits.

Maybe you should come along in case I need help.

Whatever the case, her response was reassuring.

In this case it was irrelevant, but Sam wouldn't have any way of knowing that.

At least there would be another person with you in case something happened – and she seems the capable type otherwise.

Of course, he could have changed - in which case they would drift further apart if she reverted.

Whatever the case, he didn't appear upset with Gerald.

In any case, how would she enforce it – chase him off at gunpoint?

Whatever the case, Gerald had certainly held his own against Alex.

In any case, this was something Alex could do.

In any case, even if Henry had offended her personally, she wouldn't have run to Daddy about it.

In any case, don't let your father hear you talking like that.

Whatever the case, she was up early the next morning.

Whatever the case, a refreshing swim sounded more inviting than the movies.

Of course, in this case he had already done it and wanted to keep her in the dark.

In any case, by noon all of her business was conducted except calling her father.

In any case, it's your personality that Megan finds so irresistible.

In any case, Sylvia was right.

We're treating her for rabies, just in case.

He knew all her secrets; it was leverage, in case she ever did anything stupid, like betray him.

An iPad in a bright green case and a cell phone labeled work phone!!!!! was sitting on the table in the informal dining area, a sticky note on it.

Just in case, she waited a full two minutes outside his condo before typing in the code.