Examples of quandary in a Sentence

Williams's quandary is not unlike that faced by other urban executives who have had to wrestle with a deeply rooted power structure. The problem is especially acute for African American mayors. They are expected to serve as sentries, protecting their cities' black communities and staving off so-called white encroachment. — Jonetta Rose Barras, Washington Post, 15 June 2003 For a sticky philosophical quandary, the questions are pretty simple: am I a clerk charged with selling college degrees or am I involved in a more meaningful experience? Part of me says that no argument is more worthy of my attention. — Lynne Drury Lerych, Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2001 … the inevitable economic quandary that faces a people in the transition from slavery to freedom, and especially those who make that change amid hate and prejudice, lawlessness and ruthless competition. — W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 The unexpected results of the test have created a quandary for researchers. I'm in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don't have the money to do either.

Recent Examples on the Web The overturn of Roe has presented a quandary for Republican candidates, said Mark Rozell, dean of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 The allure of the lesser evil gave a group of Democratic women a fleeting moral quandary when Britt asked them to stand with her against her more extremist primary opponents. — Diane Mcwhorter, CNN, 6 July 2022 Call it upheaval, call it disruption, call it a quandary, or call it a crisis. — Ann Kirschner, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 Critics say the new law still conflicts with federal law, putting election administrators in a quandary. — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022 The scofflaw in the next seat has always presented a quandary. — New York Times, 5 July 2022 It’s about time now that various levels of government brainstormed to find a way out of the states’ financial quandary. — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2022 McCarthy understands the philosophical quandary—while also encouraging Diggs to channel the instincts that fueled his 2021 success. — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022 The moral quandary recalls that faced by a scientist a century ago, Lewis Fry Richardson. — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 June 2022 See More

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