You point out that the citizens of Taiwan are pressuring their leaders for "a more distinctive international presence," which "puts America in an awkward predicament."

That puts America in an awkward predicament.

He hadn't been in such a damnably awkward predicament with a woman since he was at Oxford.

Sharur suddenly found himself incapable of lying: an awkward predicament for a mas- ter merchant's son.

The change creates an awkward legal predicament for Mr. Mandela.

Each episode, the titular Sammy would sneeze himself into an awkward or disastrous predicament.

At once I realized that I was in a very awkward predicament.

Chairman Kim is now in an awkward predicament, similar to that of an old Soviet party hack after the fall of the Berlin wall.

However, as you know, just at the present time, we find ourselves in a most awkward predicament.

But more often than not, poor choices are at the root of these awkward predicaments.