DEADLOCK in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DEADLOCK, such as:

1. The talks have reached a complete deadlock.
2. Once again the talks have ended in deadlock.
3. Fantasy and ideal vision but end the deadlock.
4. Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock.
5. She would have nothing to do with it, and for a time Stapleton was at a deadlock.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEADLOCK
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deadlock
 n.  standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
Classic Sentence:
1  She would have nothing to do with it, and for a time Stapleton was at a deadlock.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
Example Sentence:
1  Fantasy and ideal vision but end the deadlock.
2  Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock.
3  The talks have reached a complete deadlock.
4  Once again the talks have ended in deadlock.
5  After two weeks of negotiation between Transocean, the American-based company operating the rigs and local union representatives ended in deadlock.
6  Because negotiations had reached a deadlock, some of the delegates had begun to mutter about breaking off the talks.