How to Use stalemate in a Sentence

stalemate

1 of 2 noun
Definition of stalematenext
Synonyms for stalematenext
  • The new agreement could break the stalemate.
  • The budget debate ended in a stalemate.
  • The budget debate ended in stalemate.
  • And so for many, many years, it’s been kind of a stalemate.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The first round of the fight appears to have ended in a stalemate.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Then, Dylan Treese broke the stalemate late in the first to give the Lions a lead.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2023
  • Russia and Hamas have time enough to aim for a stalemate.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The agreement ends - for now - the contract stalemate between the two sides.
    — oregonlive, 25 July 2023
  • Ukraine’s naval success has been a bright spot amid the costly stalemate on the ground.
    — Mark Cancian, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Panthers and Eagles played to a 16-all stalemate in the third period.
    — al, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Under the accord, in the case of a stalemate, the dispute would be referred to the United Nations.
    — Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Yet this outcome now seems like a stalemate, if not a defeat.
    — Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But with the war in an apparent winter stalemate, the tropes about the bravery of the Ukrainian troops have grown tired.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Feb. 2023
  • To many outsiders, Myanmar appears to be locked in a bloody stalemate.
    — Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Rising would have more chances on goal but wouldn’t be able to convert them, as both teams entered the half in a 0-0 stalemate.
    — Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Russian and Ukrainian forces have been locked in a stalemate of fighting for the eastern city.
    — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Nothing was decided in the fourth quarter, with the Eagles and the Golden Bears locked in a 42-42 stalemate.
    — Indy Star Ai Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But don’t count out the value of tanks of the right variety to turn the tide of a war that has threatened to descend into a long stalemate.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In recent months, as a stalemate has emerged on the ground, speculation has grown about Putin’s readiness to end the war.
    — Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2024
  • After a six-year stalemate, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    — Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The stalemate, now in its second week, has thrown the House into chaos, grinding all other business to a halt.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps then, there will be a vibe shift in the workplace next year with a clear winner who turns the stalemate into a checkmate.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Hezbollah and Israel fought a monthlong war in 2006 that ended in a tense stalemate.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The month-long war ended in a stalemate and ceasefire brokered by the United Nations.
    — Mallory Moench, TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The fighting has largely ceased and the war is essentially a stalemate.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Home prices held and the stalemate between buyers and sellers remained.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Whichever the case, talks are at a stalemate with the end of the contract — midnight on July 31 — rapidly approaching.
    — Matt Ott, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • The ruling will come as a relief to Macron after months of protests and strikes that had turned into a bitter stalemate with the labor unions that oppose the law.
    — Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The country’s top general has said the conflict is at risk of becoming a stalemate.
    — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Ukraine is under pressure to launch a counteroffensive and avoid a stalemate that could last through 2023 or longer.
    — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
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stalemate

2 of 2 verb
  • With the bases loaded and the game stalemated at 1-1 at the top of the eighth inning, a pair of infield errors by Apopka helped the Huskies score two runs.
    — OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The teams had been stalemated since the sixth inning before Croppy’s blast.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 May 2017
  • Throw in hot weather and a confusing war that has stalemated much of the progress that was being made or could be made.
    — Burt Solomon, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2018
  • And the talks have been essentially stalemated since on these last two.
    — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Meanwhile, the vote doesn't go anywhere and everyone agrees to stalemate.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 3 May 2023
  • For months, the LNA and the militias have been locked in fierce clashes on Tripoli’s southern outskirts, with the fighting mostly stalemated.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • With the two sides stalemated, the state entered what would become a historic, two-year budget impasse.
    — Kim Geiger, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • The war is stalemated, that seems so obvious now except for the fact that both sides totally deny it.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, everyone lines up and simply tries to plug his hole or stalemate his blocker.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The diplomacy has been stalemated for months, with North Korea pressing the United States to make concessions by year’s end.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019
  • But the truth is that the battle was stalemated until Trump came into office and unleashed the military with new rules of engagement.
    — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 25 Jan. 2018
  • While most of the ground fighting is stalemated along that front line, both sides are targeting other territory with long-range weapons.
    — Susie Blann and Elise Morton, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • The issues that originated the obsession with the region have all been either solved or stalemated.
    — Stephen Marche, Esquire, 9 July 2013
  • But as long as Ukrainian forces continue periodically to move forward and the Russians prove unable simply to stop them and hold them, the war will not be stalemated.
    — Karolina Hird, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
  • And partisan differences have stalemated spending bills in the Senate.
    — Sarah Binder, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Turkey has stalemated the Libyan and Syrian civil wars.
    — Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But both presidents shared similar impatience with a balky Congress and a desire to take action when stalemated.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The infighting has left vets frustrated, Congress confused — and a key piece of legislation stalemated.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, 15 May 2019
  • Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress.
    — Alan Fram, ajc, 12 June 2022
  • Meantime, the House investigation, itself, has been stalemated by a week of partisan wrangling.
    — David Lauter, latimes.com, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Was the media partly culpable for pressuring the authorities to put an end to an expensive operation that seemed to be stalemated?
    — Noel Murray, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The front-line fighting largely stalemated over the winter, with expectations of major offensives by both sides expected in more favorable spring weather.
    — Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Using our example, a situation in which a buyer expected a home’s doorbell security camera to be included in the purchase — and the seller expected to take it — could stalemate the sale.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
  • The six commissioners — three Democrats and three Republicans — frequently stalemate along party lines, resulting in dismissals of cases.
    — Meg Kinnard, ajc, 20 July 2022
  • But Larson was among the 105 representatives to approve the bill after debate ended, though property tax reform ultimately failed when the two chambers stalemated.
    — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The documents also include battlefield assessments, including for Bakhmut, the Ukrainian town where Russian and Ukrainian forces have been stalemated for months, locked in a ferocious grinding artillery campaign that has left thousands dead.
    — Dan Lamothe, Ellen Nakashima, Evan Hill and Samuel Oakford, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • As Ukrainian forces endeavor to capitalize on recent battlefield wins, winter’s rapid approach threatens to stalemate the conflict and offer Russian commanders a chance to stall their momentum.
    — Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • That means avoiding a default on federal obligations this summer, an event that economists warn could cause economic chaos and a topic on which Biden and congressional Republicans are currently stalemated.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • The possibility exists, always, that tossing a rookie quarterback into the fire backfires in spectacular fashion—badly enough to stalemate said QB’s development, in some cases.
    — Chris Burke, SI.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • But the resolute resistance by Republicans from high carbon-states could stalemate not only Democrats, and the environmental groups usually allied with them, but even Republicans from the areas increasingly worried about climate change.
    — Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 12 Sep. 2017

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