predicament
Example Sentences
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De Zerbi only has six more games to turn this predicament around.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
In both films, Byrne plays a down-on-her-luck mother trying to make the best of an impossible predicament, rallying against systemic failure while fighting to keep her head above water.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
Given his familial experience of fleeing Germany to Mexico, Mr. Frenk understood my predicament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
She’s hardly in a position to do much more than accept what’s going on as a grimmer version of her own dead-end predicament.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Peeta turns to see my predicament and is sliding off his sheath when it happens.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing predicament
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