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
• My dilemma is that my son asked me to give a speech at his upcoming nuptials.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
• The perfect solution to the 'no drawing on the walls' dilemma.
  — Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
• This left the clergy scrambling and in a perpetual dilemma.
  — New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022
• That could force entire schools to close temporarily if teachers get sick in large numbers, a dilemma that some schools faced last year.
  — Mike Stobbe and Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• Now the attorney general faced a new dilemma: what to do about the missing documents.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2022
• Arguably the greatest team owner in sports, Dr. Jerry Buss once had a dilemma.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
• Countries like France and Germany have also faced dilemmas surrounding their job, pay, and benefits in the past few years.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
• But a growing workforce may put the tech giant face-to-face with the same return-to-office dilemma Tesla dealt with: not having enough resources.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022
• Rasoulof’s script might well have included a scene or two showing Iman’s dirty work in action, rather than consigning his moral dilemma to perhaps one too many soul-searching showers.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
• The dilemma for China now is that its sizable trade surplus with the US means any direct countermeasures may have limited impact.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 29 Nov. 2024
• The unboxed dilemma mentioned earlier and the realities of today’s shoppers must be carefully considered.
  — Dave Wendland, Forbes, 11 Aug. 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
• My dilemma is this: Both of my cousins have expressed racist views and used racial slurs in the past.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
• For many of us, that’s the central dilemma of the pandemic.
  — Eva Holland, Wired, 11 Feb. 2021
• Hayes is far from the only dilemma the next DA will face.
  — Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 20 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024