How to Use dilemma in a Sentence

dilemma

noun

• I don't know what to do; it's a real dilemma.
• The country's decision to go to war has caused a major dilemma for its allies.
• We're facing a terrible dilemma.
• What's a pampered 20-something to do when her rich fiancé goes on a business trip and comes back married to someone else? That's the dilemma facing Elle Medina in Nichols's delightfully silly, vivacious debut.
  — Publishers Weekly, 28 June 2004
• Despite the dilemma, the nation's beer taps won't likely run dry.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
• In the film’s open-ended conclusion, Abigail faces a dilemma about whether to protect her status.
  — Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• Their dilemma crystallized at a Texas Christian camp, a coach informing the twins the team couldn’t take them both.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• Her dilemma pales in comparison to that of the parents of Aaron and Austin Nola.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• So, for now, instead of a workable way out of our immigration dilemma, we are left with platitudes, slogans and bumper stickers — and maybe some free bus rides.
  — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• Utah’s season, trending upwards the last three weeks after a frustrating season-opening loss at Florida, now faces its first dilemma.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
• Maybe somewhere in that car-drive talk the son’s dilemma with Sunday’s 6-5 quarterback, Josh Allen, also came up.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• Americans with older parents or individuals who expect soon enough to reach senior status already face a dilemma.
  — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• That doesn’t even account for the nightmare of human childbirth, the biological equivalent of the old sofa-in-the-stairwell dilemma.
  — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2022
• In a lengthy post on Reddit, the woman detailed her dilemma, beginning by providing some context about her friend, named Lucy, and her fiancé.
  — Erin Clack, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• This raised an ethical dilemma: Does the AI’s loyalty lie with the user living with it or with the entity paying for it?
  — Dor Skuler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• Using moral foundations theory to understand a societal dilemma has precedent.
  — Alexandra Plante, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2022
• Meanwhile, the Biden administration faces a terrible dilemma.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
• Physical collapse models aim to resolve a central dilemma of conventional quantum theory.
  — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• But that could change the longer the dilemma drags out.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
• But the heart of that book is the heart-rending dilemma.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Snead and Breaux each present unique dilemmas for the Saints.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 25 Feb. 2018
• They are faced with a dilemma: save the world or save their skin?
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
• But the dilemma was that Clayster was still playing well through the drought.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2020
• But there’s a poignance — and maybe a special dilemma — to that.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 May 2022
• No longer was there a dilemma about what to do with the little sprout.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2021
• Like, what are the numbers about versus the dilemma Mark is in.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022
• That meant the Raiders got the ball back with a curious dilemma.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022
• So the Jets would face a dilemma with the second overall pick.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2020
• At the crux of the game: a moral dilemma in which players must choose between good and evil.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
• Answer: This is a dilemma that’s as old as time – to help a friend, or not?
  — Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2024