How to Use predicament in a Sentence

predicament

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  • I don't know how to get out of the predicament I'm in.
  • The governor has gotten himself into quite a predicament.
  • In a few years, the Estradas’ now 10-year-old son will be in high school and will face the same predicament as Javier.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And we’ve been trapped in this predicament for hundreds of years.
    — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Oh resolved to stay in touch — and to help others in the same predicament.
    — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The left-hander got out of the predicament with an infield out.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • And that’s among the lucky, those privileged enough to even be in this predicament.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The Spurs players learned of the Heat’s predicament this morning at shootaround.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The teen telegraphed awareness of the predicament the caged children were in.
    — Fernanda Santos, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2024
  • For about an hour, the crew signaled their predicament to the Spanish Coast Guard and tried to stay calm.
    — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • Resist the urge to find someone else to blame for your predicament.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Trixie’s dire predicament drives her to try to end her own life.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
  • How did the party, and the rest of us, get into this predicament anyway?
    — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The government long sought to avoid such a predicament.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • This produced a run on SVB and fears that other lenders across the country are in the same predicament.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Blakey’s predicament was made all the more dire by the fact that his iPhone only had 3% battery left.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • No one said digging out of the current predicament would be easy.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Toni Cranston was at the repair shop and overheard their predicament.
    — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The current predicament means the central bank will have to make hard choices.
    — Don Lee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Relief from a state appeals court would be the least painful way out of Trump’s predicament, the people said.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a cruel irony to the predicament of Craig Underwood, who’s now 81, and David Tran, 78.
    — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But, given their predicament — they are lashed to a wall by their wrists and ankles — the song comes out as more of a cry than a croon.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Hutchinson said based on that predicament, the choice of whether to mandate should be left in the hands of employers.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • That alone puts me in a predicament of not knowing what is going to be the quality of life of my child.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The predicament offers a glimpse of what happens when a fashion line meets a sudden end.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
  • This week’s meltdown is not the first time the company has found itself in this predicament.
    — Matt Stiles, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Law enforcement learned of the dog's predicament and removed the pet from her former home.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
  • Yet to the inner circle around Logan, such a predicament can be compared, of all things, to ice cream.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Postecoglou wants more people to sympathise with their predicament.
    — Jay Harris, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The garden's staff was notified of the small dog's predicament, and employees contacted two local Houston Fire Department stations to help with the rescue.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024

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