in a dilemma

Example Sentences

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Morgan is caught in a dilemma of when to land her metaphorical punches.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

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

Theme park managers “are in a dilemma right now,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 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

Thus this materialistic hypothesis, which boasts arrogantly of its certitude, begins in assumption and ends in a dilemma out of which confession of ignorance and acceptance of miracle only can extricate it.

From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Tuttle, Hudson