Quandary has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with. | |
| 2. | Tom was excited about the new job offer since he'd felt stagnant and unappreciated in his current position, but when he told his boss that he was thinking about leaving, his boss told him that a promotion and a pay raise were in the offing if he would stay, so it left Tom in a quandary about what to do. | |
| 3. | Tom was in a quandary about who to vote for in the election. | |
| 4. | Mary is in a bit of a quandary over whether to tell Tom or not. | |
| 5. | Through the discovery of the New World and its inhabitants, theologists were in a quandary, which they tried to overcome in various ways. Thus the doctrine came about that there were other ancestors besides Adam in other parts of the world. Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada believed that humans and animals had been carried by angels across the ocean. And still others, such as the Jesuit priest Joseph-François Lafitau symply denied that the Indians were ever created by God - only atheists could make such a claim. | |
| 6. | The nationwide lockdown has left thousands of foreign tourists and visitors in Italy in a quandary. | |
| 7. | I was in a quandary. |