Sentence examples similar to fathom the predicament from inspiring English sources

He goes on: To us in our secular modern society, the predicament in which the Greenlanders found themselves is difficult to fathom.

This condition is central to Marlow's narrative predicament: he attempts to fathom the enigmatic self that is Kurtz, to understand "the tempestuous anguish of his soul" (HoD, p. 246); he is led, by this attempt, to question the nature of his own self; and, finally, he tries to relay the impenetrable essence of both these selves to the "other minds" of his narratees on the yawl Nellie.

The predicament was foretold.

I laid out the predicament.

Picture the predicament.

"Americans are cold," Mother diagnosed the predicament.

He listened to the predicament.

Beveridge was wary of the predicament.

By Sunday, the predicament had not improved.

The predicament is maddening to Blackburn.

The Jets (4-5) grasp the predicament.