Sentence examples for a predicament as from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a predicament as" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to compare a predicament to something else, but it lacks the necessary context or completion to be usable.
Example: "She found herself in a predicament as challenging as the one she faced last year."
Alternatives: "a situation as" or "a dilemma as".

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The inexplicable nature of romantic longing, the insuperable divide between thought and feeling, is a predicament as old as the hills, and one that, I'd guess, women are more disturbed by than men -- especially the sort of women who have "grasped certain fundamental notions first advanced by Plato" and still find themselves doubled over with "the agony of sexual reasoning".

Unfortunately, Mr. Boles is discovered and both he and his benefactor are condemned to death.That is really not as serious a predicament as it sounds.

A Senate Democratic aide, perplexed by Mr. Lieberman's stance, said, "It was a total flip-flop, and leaves us in a predicament as to what to do".

"I believe the UAE was avoiding a trial because my father was severely tortured, and he could not be presented in the public because his bruises would put the UAE in a predicament as torture is a grave human rights violation".

The shabab still hurl rocks and other projectiles at the soldiers, the protestors still chant defiantly in the name of freedom, their flags still wave proudly in the stiff winter breeze – but, when the march is over for another week, their village is in as dire a predicament as ever.

In an effort to illuminate how Catalano ended up in such a predicament as a result of her long association with Galea, Personius told the judge he was borrowing from an old pickup line and asked, "What's a nice girl like Mary Anne Catalano doing in a joint like this?" Personius noted that Catalano had first worked for Galea when she was 15 and developed a passion for sports medicine.

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The White House said Obama's visit was intended to offer some support to families in a similar predicament, as well as to thank firefighters who are struggling against record wildfires.

She is in the Newton Falls predicament as thick as anybody.

There's a sameness to their predicaments as well.

This is a predicament we -- as are millions of families in America and around the world each year -- were faced with.

Having fallen prey this week to what presents itself as a popular revolt but looks much like an old-fashioned coup, Mr Nasheed, known by his nickname "Anni", is back in a familiar predicament, as a beleaguered activist bewailing the injustice of Maldivian politics.He relinquished his presidency in a brief press conference on February 7th a performance forced on him at gunpoint, he later said.

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