STALEMATE in a Sentence

Learn STALEMATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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1. Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
2. After five weeks of political paralysis, Thailand finally has a way out of the stalemate left by last month's general election.

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stalemate
 n.  deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
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1  After five weeks of political paralysis, Thailand finally has a way out of the stalemate left by last month's general election.
2  Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a stalemate; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.
3  Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
4  The stepped-up Republican attack against Mr Rubin only heightened investors' concern over the budget stalemate in Washington.
5  Promising “a year of action” as he tries to rejuvenate a presidency mired in low approval ratings and stymied by partisan stalemates, Mr. Obama used his annual State of the Union address to chart a new path forward relying on his own executive authority.