in a dilemma

Example Sentences

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So as they meet in an emergency session after the verdict, party leaders are in a dilemma.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

Automakers are also in a dilemma over whether they can continue to rely on a metal which had been seen as a game changer for electric vehicles.

From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2023

“Kim Jong Un is in a dilemma, a really huge dilemma,” said Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022

The Bible was always Larry S. Buford’s guiding light, but it put the one-time Motown singer-songwriter in a dilemma, when he found himself defending his South Los Angeles neighborhood from encroaching development.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2022

There was one thing that the Squire always did on the rare occasions on which he found himself in a dilemma, and that was to consult his half-brother, the Rector.

From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald