How to Use deadlock in a Sentence

deadlock

noun

• City councilors reached a deadlock over the law.
• His goal broke a 3–3 deadlock.
• The Mariners broke the deadlock at the top of the eighth inning.
  — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
• But the deadlock didn’t last long, and the Padres got the best of the Dodgers again.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
• At the core of the deadlock is the issue of how the war in Gaza will end.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• After the deadlock, the players had to vote again to break the tie.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The deadlock led to a lot draw on April 7, which Price won.
  — Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2022
• The goal broke a 1-1 deadlock that lasted for well over half the game.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
• The Houthis and the coalition have both been trapped in a deadlock ever since.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
• The score helped Highland break the deadlock en route to a 27-7 win over the Blue Devils.
  — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
• The deadlock wouldn’t last five minutes: Joseph sneaked a shot home in the 60th minute.
  — Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• Several rounds of talks have failed to break the deadlock.
  — Rishi Lekhi and Ashok Sharma, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
• Dempsey broke the deadlock with a blast from the left circle over Leveille’s glove at 15:05.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• That left me with ‘S_A_R’ and here’s where the real deadlock occurred.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
• These protests come after weeks of deadlock over a cease-fire deal.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
• Voting in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Rivlin said the deadlock has had a price.
  — Time, 24 Mar. 2021
• But England had two chances to break the deadlock just before half-time.
  — Time, 25 Nov. 2022
• Several talks so far have failed to break the deadlock.
  — Altaf Qadri and Krutika Pathi, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
• The same basic red and blue states, the same partisan deadlock.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2022
• That brought up Tellez, who hit a soft liner to center to score García and break the deadlock.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2021
• After the host had kept the 14-time European champion at bay in the first half, Díaz broke the deadlock in the 48th minute.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• The talks between Tesla and India could once again end in a deadlock.
  — Ragini Saxena, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• The 4-4 deadlock is expected to remain in place until the seat is filled.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
• But the deadlock between the two parties has survived it all.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• With neither side able to break the deadlock, the game went to a half-hour extra time period.
  — Dallas News, 17 Oct. 2022
• Freshman Nolan Russell broke the deadlock, jamming in a rebound on the backside of the play to put the Spy Ponders on the board.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• But Sterling broke the deadlock just after halftime with a shot from the edge of the area, and doubled the lead in the 63rd with a tap-in from Reece James’ cross at the far post.
  — Mattias KarÉn, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022
• Indeed, despite the 2-2 deadlock, both sides had plenty of chances to score more.
  — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2021
• Johnson broke a 23-23 deadlock to make Chicago the largest American city to call for a cease-fire.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
• Casemiro broke the deadlock minutes after the half-hour mark, heading home from a Luke Shaw freekick.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024