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.
  • Few at her job know her dilemma.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This dilemma has not gone away.
    — Douglas Rediker, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2025
  • What was that dilemma like for you?
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
  • The team sheets are maybe a bit more of a dilemma.
    — Ian Irving, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • For Takaichi, the dilemma is acute.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Silva faces all sorts of dilemmas in the film.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This is not a new dilemma for football fans.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • To stay or to leave, goes the modern moral dilemma.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • That was the dilemma of a diva.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There is a dilemma here for both countries.
    — Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Which brings up how this dilemma should be approached.
    — Sam McDowell May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
  • As with most makeup dilemmas, there are worse things in life.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 22 June 2018
  • This pressing dilemma is still to be solved.
    — Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • And would-be wine tasters have to grapple with our own dilemma.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 24 June 2020
  • Some researchers think there’s a smart way out of this dilemma.
    — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 16 Nov. 2021
  • No longer was there a dilemma about what to do with the little sprout.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2021
  • My dilemma is that one of our friends has become more than just a friend.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But there’s a poignance — and maybe a special dilemma — to that.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 May 2022
  • This is not an abstract dilemma.
    — Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Campbell’s first dilemma is whether to learn from the past, or shut it out.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Snead and Breaux each present unique dilemmas for the Saints.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • For years, Mac users have faced something of a dilemma.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Quite a dilemma for the little snots who attend and teach there!
    — Fox News, 30 June 2020
  • To Hatch, there was never a dilemma.
    — Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
  • But the dilemma was that Clayster was still playing well through the drought.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Small bathrooms don’t have to pose a design dilemma.
    — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 27 May 2026
  • How can Benedict solve this dilemma?
    — The Know, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026

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