predicament

Example Sentences

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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

Van de Ven said suggestions that Spurs players are not bothered by their predicament "brings so much more trouble" because supporters are "starting to believe" them.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

He foresaw the current predicament long before most others did, and he had the courage to confront it long before it was politically convenient to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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

Which I’d argue is just a fundamental misunderstanding of the human predicament, but okay.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green