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quandary
[ kwon-duh-ree, -dree ]
noun
- a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
quandary
/ -dərɪ; ˈkwɒndrɪ /
noun
- a situation or circumstance that presents problems difficult to solve; predicament; dilemma
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Origin of quandary1
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Example Sentences
The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
A teary Osbourne said she now thought "WWJD—what would Joan do" when faced with a quandary.
James Gunn, the director Marvel handpicked to helm the sci-fi opera Guardians of the Galaxy, was facing a similar quandary.
People of privilege making an effort to be better people face a difficult quandary.
As I noted in November, this legislation presented a quandary for Christie.
In his quandary, he heard a step without and looking up saw Pete in the open door.
Here again he was in a quandary, for except for a word or two of ordinary use he could understand no Zulu.
"I was attacked about four miles up the road by a tremendous sixty-pound Quandary, and I was nearly killed," said the major.
What put Matt in a quandary, however, was the fact that he could not reconcile his present surroundings with the Crescent.
He did not mean to find himself in a quandary when they were ready to turn back again, and not be able to say where the camp lay.
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