Stalemate
a stalemate (noun) - when neither side in a dispute can win and no progress seems possible
a stalemate in talks
talks reached a stalemate
a stalemate in negotiations
an industrial stalemate
a military stalemate
a political stalemate
a stalemate between x and y
a stalemate over x
a situation of stalemate
settled into an indefinite stalemate
unable to move beyond the present stalemate
the continuing stalemate
resulted in a stalemate
ended in a stalemate
a protracted stalemate
settled down into a protracted stalemate
the stalemate continued
at a stalemate until
the inevitability of stalemate
ended in a virtual stalemate
the long-running dispute ended in stalemate
stalemate with no clear plan for achieving a compromise
stalemate with no end in sight
break the stalemate
the stalemate between the two camps
appeared to be a stalemate
resign over the stalemate
resolve a stalemate
stalemate in the battle between x and y
Example sentences:
* The stalemate in negotiations has gone on for three years now.
* The stalemate in trade talks continues.
* "With roughly half the country under the control of each side, a situation of stalemate had been reached."
* It appeared to be stalemate.
* "Any conversation, even if it was only about food, was better than this stalemate."
* He resigned last week over the stalemate in trade talks with the US.
* The stalemate is expected to be resolved when the board reconvenes in June.
* Industrial stalemate continued at their factory in New York state yesterday when management refused to accept a back-to-work offer from the striking workforce.
* The talks themselves ended in a virtual stalemate.
* "Or maybe you'd prefer to be invigorated by another stalemate argument with me on the subject."
* "'Stalemate is the word I think you want,' she said, congratulating herself on her dry tone."
* "When we came to the negotiation process so to say, it was a stalemate."
* Management tried to stir up conflict and division to break the stalemate in negotiations.
* The union acknowledged that the long-running dispute had ended in stalemate with no clear plan for achieving a compromise.
* While the board of directors underwent the transition, company policies were in a stalemate.
* It may have been consciousness of the inevitability of stalemate and gradual decline in domestic wages which led the prime minister to divert much of his attention to the international scene.
* "Much remains unknown about viral persistence but in general it results from stalemate in the battle between the virus and the body."
* "While little came out of the meeting between management and the shop stewards' committee, it was an encouraging sign in a strike which appeared to have reached stalemate."
* "Next Friday's planned 24-hour strike by railway workers looked likely to go ahead last night after exploratory talks between officials of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union and British Rail management ended in stalemate."
