Sentence examples for predicament from inspiring English sources
predicament
A definite class, state or condition.
The word "predicament" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to describe a difficult or challenging situation that someone is in. Example: "John found himself in a serious predicament when his car broke down in the middle of nowhere.".
"Relegation, you're having a laugh" was Tim Sherwood's response to Aston Villa's predicament last weekend and it was easy to see why the manager feels that way after an afternoon when his team's performance did a much better job of warming the home supporters' hearts than the bitterly cold weather.
You are willing to break every democratic institution to try and fix the legal predicament you find yourself in," he said.
But even before he could feel the tarmac beneath his feet and settle into the sleek grey Jaguar idling on the apron, the reality of his predicament became clear.
The scale of the alleged corruption, revealed by parliamentary inquiries, court cases, secret police files and whistleblowers, is such as to make David Cameron's alleged suppers-for-sale predicament look trivial.
Craig Minassian, a spokesman for the Clinton Foundation, said in an email that the organisation decided to help after reading about the Haiti team's predicament.
With the fixture list ahead of them looming large, the current predicament should have been foreseen.
In a sense, I am responsible for my own predicament.
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