deadlock

How To Use deadlock In A Sentence

• the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits
• The phenomenon is difficult to measure, St. Pierre and several others said, because the term jury nullification is rarely invoked; defendants with substantial evidence against them are simply acquitted, or juries deadlock. Thestar.com - Home Page
• Historically, wage boards, split evenly between labor and management, deadlock; so the commission has to decide.
• But, as a means of trying to break the deadlock and restore a little democracy, it was certainly worth discussing.
• Many of those voting'yes' said they wanted to see an end to political deadlock. Times, Sunday Times
• Make sure you lock windows and doors, which should be fitted with security deadlocks
• The situation within the company is described as a complete breakdown in the relationship between the parties, a deadlock and a hostile environment.
• So far, investors have remained largely untroubled by the lack of government since inconclusive elections in December that led to six months of political deadlock. Times, Sunday Times
• Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock.
• But, he said, the deal had been deadlocked due to inheritance problems over the land.