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

Hwang said he had already devised games to be played in the second season and was writing a script, but was in a dilemma over dead characters such as Ji-young and Sae-byeok.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022

“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

I was in a dilemma, and I could see that Edwards had also forgotten everything, in his joy at meeting Faris and Sedjur again.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler