How to Use impasse in a Sentence

impasse

noun
  • She had reached an impasse in her career.
  • An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.
  • Which means there’s no end in sight to the GOP’s impasse.
    Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The impasse had left the path forward for both bills unclear in the House.
    Kristina Peterson and Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The two countries are now seeking a way around the impasse.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 11 May 2023
  • And for the past year or so it was always shadowed with the impasse over kids.
    Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The impasse over this issue ran right up to the deadline.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Hence the impasse, and the lack of action. Is there anything else that can be done?
    David Faris, The Week, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The longer the impasse lingers, the greater the risk that moderate Senate Democrats will get cold feet.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
  • But the city did not budge, and the police union did not come around, leading to an impasse.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Now, Starbucks and the union appear to be at an impasse.
    CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The suit could help to end the impasse with the union, Herrera told reporters Wednesday.
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Sources say the impasse stems from the fact that there were two teams that worked on the movie at different times.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
  • That was good enough at the time, the museum has said, and the two sides remain at an impasse.
    Sean Elder, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2023
  • But the agency and its largest union have come to an impasse on how to respond to the recent surge.
    Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Some have floated the prospects of Democrats intervening in the melee to end the impasse.
    Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 5 Jan. 2023
  • At the time, the nation seemed to be at an unconscionable impasse.
    Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • While the need for Washington action was clear, the risks of an impasse were great.
    New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The current contract was inked in April 2021 after a year-and-a-half impasse.
    oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Placing the small block on the top face in the middle of any side also results in an impasse.
    Jean-Paul Delahaye, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2021
  • At this impasse, some of the group flew back to the United States, some headed to Argentina.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • That impasse is forcing Johnson to reach across the aisle to keep the government open.
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The impasse has resulted in sticking with the 2001 law.
    Charlie Savage, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • That would allow the House to reopen after a two-week impasse.
    WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Back in 2011, the debt limit impasse cost the nation its AAA rating.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The dispute seemed to arrive at something of an impasse.
    Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 26 July 2023
  • This impasse held up the adoption of the meeting agenda until the eve of the final day of talks on Thursday.
    Bhasker Tripathi, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2023
  • There was no timeline to get back on the mound in a game, however, and that proved to be the source of an impasse between the team and the player.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Talks at an impasse After eight months, contract talks are at an impasse with no end in sight.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Hollywood is at an interesting impasse right now—and sometimes when our industry changes, that means that Black women, Black men and people of color get ousted.
    Brande Victorian, Essence, 18 Feb. 2025

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