predicament

Their solidified friendship is one of the most touching details of the premiere, but it also puts Branson in a tricky predicament.

Mark Reay knows his predicament is very different from theirs.

Earlier this year, 78-year-old Walter Williams found himself in a similar predicament.

His predicament eventually become something of a cause célèbre, attracting even the attention of the Princess of Wales.

In a way, the roots of this predicament reach back hundreds of years.

“This is a distressing predicament for these young people,” thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning.

Finally, his predicament became so awkward that an expression of distress crept into his face.

Of course, the smoke-signals, passed along by Dangerfield's chain of guards, were responsible for Matt's predicament.

Jogging on over the sand, I sat silent, cudgelling my brains for a solution of the disastrous predicament I had gotten into.

I went to the Junior, told him my predicament, and he kindly offered to wait for his debt, though the note was overdue.