predicament

Example Sentences

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Given his familial experience of fleeing Germany to Mexico, Mr. Frenk understood my predicament.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

But others seemed to relish the predicament now facing Bailey and tens of thousands of fellow Britons residing in what many saw as a responsibility-free playground.

From The Wall Street Journal

The last line in your letter sums up the predicament you’re in.

From MarketWatch