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
• The Timbers had equalized in the 54th minute, but the deadlock was short-lived.
  — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2020
• But the House and the Senate have been in a deadlock for weeks about what to do in the next round of relief.
  — Chabeli Carrazana, USA TODAY, 22 July 2020
• The ball bounced off the keeper and Maddox Jung put away the rebound to break the deadlock.
  — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020
• But what happened after the deadlock seemed to eclipse the news of the stalemate.
  — Fox News, 21 Nov. 2020
• Several rounds of talks have failed to break the deadlock.
  — Rishi Lekhi and Ashok Sharma, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
• The tank came to life in 1915 as a way to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the front lines of Western Europe.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2021
• 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
• Ruidiaz broke the deadlock in the 72nd with a crafty goal, pushing the Sounders to their eventual win.
  — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2020
• The same basic red and blue states, the same partisan deadlock.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2022
• In the event of a 4-4 deadlock, the lower court ruling is affirmed and upheld.
  — Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2020
• Lynn Williams scored the late game-winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time, breaking a deadlock for a 2-1 Courage win.
  — oregonlive, 27 June 2020
• 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
• The jury’s deadlock on McClain’s charges may give rise to another round of excuses to do nothing.
  — Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
• The senate has operated generally without high tension this session, a contrast to the deadlock in the House.
  — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2025