Both Uses
dilemma
in
The Mysterious Benedict Society
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- He would have liked some time to consider his new dilemma, but in less than a minute he was standing outside the metal door to Mr. Curtain's office.†
p. 297.7 *dilemma = a situation in which a difficult choice must be made between imperfect alternatives
- Sticky felt the same way Reynie did, and Kate was still wishing she'd been able to sabotage those computers, to have solved the dilemma all on her own.†
p. 394.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(dilemma) a situation in which a difficult choice must be made between imperfect alternatives
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)