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.
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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.
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.
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But assuming consciousness in other species brings up profound moral quandaries.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
Each one offers a chance at an encounter with a deadly alien or a moral quandary that will take time to discuss over a soy paste dinner or, most likely a little of both.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The BlackRock survey provides fresh evidence of two major quandaries that face Americans who are in retirement or approaching it.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
In the two decades since, papers have faced brutal newsroom reductions (in 2020, 33% of large newspapers cut staff) and ownership quandaries (many have been sold off, some to venture capitalists more interested in the papers’ real estate than their journalistic value).
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
Each one offers a chance at an encounter with a deadly alien or a moral quandary that will take time to discuss over a soy paste dinner or, most likely a little of both.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The BlackRock survey provides fresh evidence of two major quandaries that face Americans who are in retirement or approaching it.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
In the two decades since, papers have faced brutal newsroom reductions (in 2020, 33% of large newspapers cut staff) and ownership quandaries (many have been sold off, some to venture capitalists more interested in the papers’ real estate than their journalistic value).
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Quandary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quandary. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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quandary
noun
quan·da·ry
ˈkwän-d(ə-)rē 
plural quandaries
: a state of confusion or doubt : dilemma
in a quandary about which to choose
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