be in a quandary
Example Sentences
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Look at the United States, and you will see a Federal Reserve that must now be in a quandary about whether to keep raising interest rates.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2016
It's so horrible to be in a quandary.
From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.
If that were taken, he would be in a quandary, for there would be little chance of his being able to make up the loss to his friend, the Western miner.
From The Erie Train Boy by Alger, Horatio
I saw bright colors in stripes, and stars of blue that they seemed to be in a quandary how to place and how many to use.
From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder
To be in a quandary: to be puzzled.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
