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quandary
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  • The Count was simply in a quandary.†   (source)
  • The question irritated Dick, for it was part of a greater quandary, and he could not, despite the alleged perfection of his over-all design, be certain of the answer.†   (source)
  • This left us in a quandary.†   (source)
  • He was, for the first time in his life, in a total mental and emotional quandary.†   (source)
  • The idea presented a quandary; there were both Christians and Muslims on the team.†   (source)
  • It put Dish in a deep quandary.†   (source)
  • For Howard, they would present some of the most difficult quandaries of his public life.†   (source)
  • He was in a quandary: he wanted to point out her mistake, but was afraid he would hurt her.†   (source)
  • I don't want to die and I don't want to give up Jack Daniel's, so I'm in a constant quandary.†   (source)
  • Washington's quandary over where the British would strike, and how to apportion the strength he had, was no less extreme now than it had been at the start.†   (source)
  • Here's an example from the first draft of a story that later made its way into The Joy Luck Club, but without this line: "That was my mental quandary in its nascent state.†   (source)
  • But that was a quandary for another day.†   (source)
  • It's a quandary, needing a fix.†   (source)
  • And sat there in a soggy quandary, knowing I should speak up, knowing I knew something terribly pertinent which nobody else knew or matter would never have gone this far.†   (source)
  • I was in a quandary.†   (source)
  • In grieving tones a near-stranger speaks of some beloved person in the past tense, throwing his listener into a quandary.†   (source)
  • Poincaré didn't offer any resolutions of this quandary.†   (source)
  • It would be more difficult for you, but it would resolve your quandary.†   (source)
  • Although this is your time of mourning, a quandary exists that you must resolve.†   (source)
  • An admirable answer, Stronghammer, but in no way does it resolve my quandary.†   (source)
  • She felt frozen by the insoluble quandary the Varden faced.†   (source)
  • This new development put him in a quandary.†   (source)
  • Once it was plain that she was gone, Roscoe felt in the worst quandary of his life.†   (source)
  • That possibility alone made his quandary more difficult.†   (source)
  • Still in a quandary over Royall Tyler, she had had almost no word from him, and while John Quincy's plans seemed neatly resolved, hers were not.†   (source)
  • I recognized Moody's quandary immediately, for if he went to see Nelufar, he would have to leave Mahtob and me unattended here in the reception room across the street from the embassy!†   (source)
  • It is a quandary.†   (source)
  • Normile had pulled off a coup in getting Seabiscuit to come down for the Agua Caliente Handicap, but now he faced another quandary.†   (source)
  • "You are not singular in your suspicions that you know but little," he had told Caroline, in response to her quandary over the riddles of life.†   (source)
  • He was faced with a quandary that tore at his very essence: the only way to rescue Katrina would be to somehow pursue the Ra'zac and leave Palancar Valley, yet he could not abandon Carvahall to the soldiers.†   (source)
  • This extraordinary and touching gesture of Frank's has, however, I'm afraid, thrown me into something of a quandary.†   (source)
  • His hard little face looked flintier than ever and Scarlett was in a quandary.†   (source)
  • I assure you that if you find a way out of your quandary, I shall be extremely pleased.†   (source)
  • I can tell you my brother was in a quandary.†   (source)
  • As a matter of fact, she was in a most hopeless quandary.†   (source)
  • Whenever Madeline fell into a quandary she had to call upon the old cattleman.†   (source)
  • It was his mate who relieved him from the quandary in which he found himself.†   (source)
  • If we cannot cross over to France to-night, Chauvelin is in the same quandary.†   (source)
  • Carrie hung in a quandary, balancing between decision and helplessness.†   (source)
  • 'You'll be the one man that could help me in my quandaries.†   (source)
  • My quandary increased, as time passed on.†   (source)
  • The hunter, in turn, was in a quandary.†   (source)
  • In a quandary Venters returned to the other horses, hoping much, yet doubting more, that when Wrangle had grazed to suit himself he might be caught.†   (source)
  • Weeks had listened politely, with smiling modesty, till Hayward finished; then he asked one or two insidious questions, so innocent in appearance that Hayward, not seeing into what a quandary they led him, answered blandly; Weeks made a courteous objection, then a correction of fact, after that a quotation from some little known Latin commentator, then a reference to a German authority; and the fact was disclosed that he was a scholar.†   (source)
  • He left Duane in a quandary.†   (source)
  • Once or twice as I stood waiting there for things to accomplish themselves, I could not resist an impulse to laugh at my miserable quandary.†   (source)
  • Chapter XXV ASHES OF TINDER—THE LOOSING OF STAYS When Hurstwood got back to his office again he was in a greater quandary than ever.†   (source)
  • That old-fashioned revelling in the general situation grows less and less possible as we uncover the defects of natural laws, and see the quandary that man is in by their operation.†   (source)
  • You see, having said that if Meg married 'that Brooke' she shouldn't have a cent of her money, Aunt March was rather in a quandary when time had appeased her wrath and made her repent her vow.†   (source)
  • Here Phoebus, whose imagination was endowed with but mediocre power of creation, began to find himself in a quandary as to a means of extricating himself for his prowess.†   (source)
  • "Well—the general air, the style, the self-possession, the—the—illusion—you know", laughed Laurie, breaking down and helping himself out of his quandary with the new word.†   (source)
  • It was a major quandary.†   (source)
  • Thus, /quandary/, despite a fanciful etymology which would identify it with /wandreth/ (=/evil/), is probably simply a composition form of the French phrase, /qu'en dirai-je?†   (source)
  • This was a quandary but, bringing common sense to bear on it, evidently there was nothing for it but put a good face on the matter and foot it which they accordingly did.†   (source)
  • At this pertinent suggestion Mr Bloom, to change the subject, looked down but in a quandary, as he couldn't tell exactly what construction to put on belongs to which sounded rather a far cry.†   (source)
  • Mr Bloom, availing himself of the right of free speech, he having just a bowing acquaintance with the language in dispute, though, to be sure, rather in a quandary over voglio, remarked to his protégé in an audible tone of voice a propos of the battle royal in the street which was still raging fast and furious: —A beautiful language.†   (source)
  • "Here," says she, "you have brought us into a fine quandary indeed.†   (source)
  • Enemies attacked us by night and put us in a great quandary, but the people of the island say they came off safe and victorious by the might of my arm; and may God give them as much health as there's truth in what they say.†   (source)
  • "I don't know what answer," says she; "you are always bringing your family into one quandary or other.†   (source)
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