Dilemma
a dilemma (noun) - a difficult decision, when you have to make a difficult choice between two bad thingsthe situation poses a dilemma
they face a dilemma
caught in a dilemma
on the horns of a dilemma
a way out of the dilemma
faced a dilemma in making the decision
cope with a dilemma
confront a dilemma
solve a dilemma
resolve a dilemma
a big dilemma
a difficult dilemma
face a difficult dilemma
a thorny dilemma
the dilemma of a million malnourished and impoverished producers of luxury foods
girls are presented with a dilemma between maintaining their feminine identities or becoming closely identified with the study of physics.
tormented by a dilemma
perhaps now you can appreciate my dilemma
a policy dilemma
they're in a dilemma
fast becoming a dilemma
the dilemma was examined in detail
recognise the dilemma
the essential dilemma faced
the essential dilemma trade unionism faced
faced a terrible dilemma
the pattern highlights an ongoing dilemma
reflects the dilemma
the dilemma between professional responsibility and the commercial problems of running a practice
a fundamental dilemma
the prospective sale of the industry and the opening up of competition within electricity generation produced a fundamental dilemma
a dilemma between choosing X and choosing Y
in microcosm this problem mirrors a larger dilemma
Example sentences:
* I mean certainly you can't achieve as much as a man does, but also the jobs just aren't there any more, not so much, and the main change I'd like to see in education is that it would help girls cope with this dilemma.
* Perhaps now you can appreciate my dilemma about paying for the damage to your car?
* A new dilemma had begun to torment Maria.
* Once again the dilemma of maintaining the independence of South Korea without involving the United States in an open-ended commitment was examined.
* In a world where communications are instantaneous and Japan is closely integrated into the international economy, an absolute distinction of this kind is clearly not feasible but the pattern highlights an ongoing dilemma.
* The prospect of censure intensified what, for Galileo, was fast becoming a dilemma.
* The reason for the change points again to the essential dilemma trade unionism faced.
* This would pose historians and conservationists with a dilemma.
* Scientists today are facing a similar dilemma!
* The second statement sums up the News International ban precisely, and the following sentence reflects the dilemma that was faced by many librarians in the dispute; though not by all, because for many librarians who supported the ban there was no dilemma.
* The dilemma of who will care for the elderly is greater today than in previous generations.
* That was also another contributory factor to our situation: the dilemma between professional responsibility and the commercial problems of running a practice.
* Hoover faced a terrible dilemma.
* At the moment, it is important only to note that the prospective sale of the industry and the opening up of competition within electricity generation produced a fundamental dilemma.
* In microcosm Hardy's Cottage mirrors the dilemma which confronts the Trust at certain properties whose popularity at times draws visitors in greater quantities than can be accommodated comfortably.
* Thus, in their interactions with nature and with individual animals, traditional hunters face a difficult dilemma; a dilemma which is best expressed in their own words; for example, in the following statement by an Iglulik Eskimo:...
* The Supplementary Benefits Commission recognises the dilemma:
* Multiply those beans by the fruits and vegetables that we now expect to find on supermarket shelves twelve months of the year at affordable (cheap) prices, and the dilemma of a million malnourished and impoverished producers of luxury foods is reflected in every casual purchase.
* Oh, it brings plenty of its own unique disappointment and despair, but nothing to solve the dilemma of today.
* The dilemma in policy is to distinguish those aids which militate against the efficient working of the competitive system from those that facilitate it.
* But from the point of the people in that position, they're in a dilemma, they're in an extremely weak position.
