How To Use Stalemate In A Sentence

With heavy rain now falling, the game became bogged down in a midfield stalemate.
The cultural patterns themselves are influenced by the structural instability and the cultural stalemate.
The Council for Industrial and Commercial Development yesterday held a forum to urge the government to move away from the current stalemate.
Additionally, the stalemate over economic union makes it difficult to assess the costs of insurance or mortgages arranged abroad.
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.

In most of them, however, there have been periods of stalemate and vacillation followed by periods when the party in power rode roughshod over the protests of many minorities, disregarding the fact that such action was not legitimatized by traditional morality. Energy and Society~ Chapter 13~ The Enlargement and Concentration of Political Power
So don't tell me that this game will eventually come to a stalemate like chess, where the player turns over his king and quits.
The two sides are stalemated over issues such as salaries and health insurance for both retirees and current teachers.
The simplest assessment is that it means no changes in the status quo: the round is stalemated for now, though there will be attempts, however faint, to revive it in Geneva in the months to come.
From a humanitarian perspective, Western involvement has stalemated the struggle as Libya barrels down the path towards protracted civil war. Michael Hughes: US on Wrong Side of History in Arab Spring
After three years of political stalemate, the governing party and the opposition - a hodgepodge of small political parties, business leaders and student groups - are finally sitting down at the negotiating table.
The general election produced a stalemate, with opposition and pro-government parties each ending up with 25 seats in the 50-seat parliament.
For more than a century, since Francis Galton first started speculating about the similarities of twins, nature-nurture was a war with a stalemated front and intelligence was its Verdun—the most hotly contested and costly battle. A Truce in the War Over Smarts and Genes
President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit.
Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action.
The French eventually tried to break the stalemate by dangling a lure in front of Gen. Giap.
Military stalemate in the Mid-Atlantic region in 1778 encouraged British commanders to reconsider again their strategic policy.
Workers and management at a Great Harwood engineering depot have reached stalemate over pay claims.
With the two teams still locked in a goalless stalemate at the end of extra-time, the game was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Once reconquest had been ruled out, plans for ending the stalemate were not always without humour, however. Times, Sunday Times
Darren Schofield was the player to break the stalemate eight minutes from the end.
With the two teams still locked in a goalless stalemate at the end of extra-time, the game was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Gigot: So that kind of a stalemate, if the opposition takes--retakes half of the country, say, and some of the oil assets, and Gadhafi sits in Tripoli and maybe some other parts of the country--that outcome for you is unsatisfactory and would be seen by the world as a defeat for the United States? To the Shores of Tripoli
When the pope spoke at Aida refugee camp nearby, he called the towering wall Israel built around Palestinian areas a symbol of "stalemate. Undefined
However, with Chelsea counting down to the retention of the championship and with Portsmouth struggling to escape relegation, we had a first half of virtual stalemate.
Riven by internal feuds, the Byzantine ways of association politics have led to a tortuous pattern of new beginnings, only to be followed by stalemate and acrimony.
To American eyes he was indistinguishable from any other middle-aged peasant, and American efforts to catch him—such as orders to “arrest every fat Filipino of about forty years and hold until identification is proven”—were unsuccessful.7 Throughout 1900, Malvar and his partisans stalemated American efforts to pacify Batangas and impose colonial government. Between War and Peace
The 3-3 stalemate remained until half time despite several promising moves from both sides.
The quickest way to the goal, depriving the stalemated opponent even of king moves. Times, Sunday Times
Contract talks between Saints and their Great Britain full back star Paul Wellens reached stalemate at a meeting held at Knowsley Road.
That strike ended with negotiations, which stalemated a week ago.
Exploratory discussions between management and the unions have ended in stalemate.
President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit.
The often-criticized rule that stalemate is a draw also increases Chess's drama, by giving a player hope of salvaging something even after he can no longer win.
The stalemate continued for three days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. THE LAST PLACE
The war situation has been stalemated.
Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action.
The crazy action would be happened if you add a little stimulation to the stalemated mood.
The word on the lines is'stalemate, " said Skan, as Amberdrake imped in one of his old feathers on the shaft of a broken primary. The Black Gryphon
A mediator can break this stalemate and get the parties talking.
Negotiations stalemated when new salary demands were introduced.
The invention of the tank and the aircraft broke through the defensive stalemate that had characterised the first world war.
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
The running battle up the Channel was inconclusive, and only the English fireship attack on the Armada's anchorage off Calais broke the stalemate.
In an interview on Thursday, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said the stalemate over how to provide more aid to debt-laden Greece underscored deeper discord that has hampered the euro-zone for months. Italy Urges Unity on Debt Crisis
The stalemate remains firmly entrenched, with no one party having overall control of the Council for the third poll in a row.
The teachers and district negotiators have stalemated on health care, early retirement incentives, salaries, duties and time.
They were strong on both sides now, and the battle for the Jarama had ended in stalemate. THE WHITE DOVE
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
The second stage may be termed one of strategic stalemate.
Stocks sold off sharply amid fears of disappointing earnings in the technology sector as well as continued concerns over the budget stalemate.
Darren Hauck/Reuters Protesters took over the building after Senate Republicans outmaneuvered their missing Democratic counterparts and brought a three-week stalemate over union benefit cuts to its unexpected end. Vote Sparks Protests in Wisconsin
At the heart of the matter is the long drawn-out unresolved and stalemated civilizational struggle, which refuses to blow away, and in fact demands final resolution.
Fitzsimmons notes that prior to 4 August, debates in the National Assembly were largely stalemated between those legislators who wanted reform and those who wanted to preserve the status quo.
Mediation is increasingly being recommended by lawyers and judges to families for whom a temporary stalemate or long-term estrangement has morphed into a full-blown crisis, often triggered by parental disability. Mediators increasingly try to help families resolve conflicts over aging parents
Some of Ms. Suu Kyi's exiled supporters are considering new tactics to break a decades-old political stalemate in the troubled Southeast Asian nation.
The integrity-challenged King has been a courtroom star, fending off lawsuits and criminal indictments like a chess master who checkmates or at least stalemates all comers.
President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit.
It could take the scientist years to learn that a pawn on the eighth row can become a queen, rook, bishop, or knight, or exactly what checkmates and stalemates are.
Mr Trimble claimed the electorate had voted for political stalemate in last week's election.
World War I saw the tank used to eliminate a stalemate between entrenched adversaries.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan offered a grim view Wednesday of military efforts in southern Afghanistan, warning that 17,000 new troops will take on emboldened Taliban insurgents who have "stalemated" U.S. and allied forces. National Coalition for History
The Justice Ministers could not agree on the matter last week and despite efforts by diplomats to resolve it over the last few days, it reached a stalemate.
Gulliver's power was no longer neutralised and stalemated by another player of equivalent weight.
But that all feel no matter hwo wrongheadedly that they do have a legiitimate claim is a truth that is avoided only at the cost, I think of further stalemate and probably, in the end, serious violence. Reasonable Review of Cape No. 7 from Chinese State Media
A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control.
As the marchers zigged and zagged in search of safe ground, authorities bombarded and barricaded the activists into a drawn-out stalemate that resulted in further arrests. HUFFPOST HILL - Super Committee Democrats Announce What They'll Eventually Cave On
The strike has once again reached stalemate.
The players, not unnaturally, backed their coach and after a long stalemate Clark was reappointed.
The discussions with the miners' union ended in stalemate .
Trench warfare also led to stalemates that triggered even more casualties from vermin and disease.
Twice Rick has stalemated him, and once Matt managed to beat him, after a long and difficult battle lasting two and a half hours.
It was a belter and only a splendid save from Zbigniew Malkowski kept the match at stalemate.
He challenged critics who attributed political deadlock and policy stalemate to divided government.
A new Convention was therefore elected, to begin the task afresh; but once more it was soon stalemated.
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
Yet here we were in an informational stalemate. Times, Sunday Times
They came up with the scheme after plans for a one-way system reached a stalemate.
This touches on zugzwang, stalemate, fortresses, attack on the king, and some other absurd examples.
Although I do not wish to disappoint you, we have been in a constant state of stalemate.
A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control.
Between her half-frozen ears and flushed cheeks, a battle between a hopeful smile and an exhausted moue idled at a stalemate. The Fugitive Waits
Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with checkmate or stalemate.
The integrity-challenged King has been a courtroom star, fending off lawsuits and criminal indictments like a chess master who checkmates or at least stalemates all comers.
And so the chess game has produced another stalemate.
Those strains on business have affected any number of stakeholders in the electricity sector; they are unable to plan, unwilling to invest, and stalemated in their attempts to devise a way out of the current dilemma.
By the spring of 1915, the war had entered the stalemate of trench warfare.
The political stalemate was broken; there was near unanimity that the USA must rearm immediately.
The creatures on each end of the fishing tackle pulled with equal force and stalemate ensued.
To begin with, residual problems from the end of the earlier era of colonisation, usually the result of untidy departures by the colonial power, still remain dangerously stalemated.
Thus the major threat to society has been neutralized, but acts of resistance remain, the argument never finished, never answered, simply stalemated.
If you are stalemated, it's time for outside help. Globe and Mail
That was the status quo last Thursday, when, under the collective bargaining laws, the parties meaning the mayor on one side and the unions on the other brought to the commission what is called an "impasse" or stalemate in negotiations, meaning in this case that the parties were deadlocked on one issue, but in agreement on the bulk of the agreement. Xavier L. Suarez: The Dos and Don'ts of Dealing With an Impasse
The stalemate in the trade talks continues.
The debate about whether genres can or should be taught explicitly has often stalemated between the poles of teaching rigid rules to students who then mimic them and not teaching genres because acquiring them is an implicit process.
Their action began three weeks after the annual wage negotiations with the company reached a stalemate.
By building super-powerful battleships, called "maulers", the Patrol gained a temporary advantage over Boskonia, but a stalemate soon ensued. Gray Lensman
But there was no 'emergancy' so spending did not increase to any serious degree because the gov't stalemated. Economists as Heretics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Stocks sold off sharply amid fears of disappointing earnings in the technology sector as well as continued concerns over the budget stalemate.
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
Some say that if either player has any aces and twos in their concealed hand which can be played to the centre, they must play one such card to break the stalemate.
This article concludes by suggesting ways in which the currently stalemated debate might be revitalized by principled interventions from scholars and concerned citizens.
It was the turn of the moderate voices for a while, and not urging brotherly or cousinly forgiveness and love, but laying down bluntly the brutal facts; for if this stalemate, wrangling and waste continued, said Robert Bossu with cold, clear emphasis, there would eventually be nothing worth annexing or retaining, only a desolation where the victor, if the survivor so considered himself, might sit down in the ashes and moulder. A River So Long
This issue is not stalemated somewhere; it is not in some sort of freeze-frame mode; it is moving ahead, and this bill provides the extra time required.
The invention of the tank and the aircraft broke through the defensive stalemate that had characterised the first world war.
Stocks sold off sharply amid fears of disappointing earnings in the technology sector as well as continued concerns over the budget stalemate.
For more than three months both sides have refused to budge, with officials last week conceding they'd reached a stalemate.
He possesses that rare ability to unlock defences to break a stalemate.
In its early meetings, the task force became stalemated, with some of its members favoring a largely uncurbed CIA and others wanting to place severe curbs on the agency.
Norway has indicated it has suspended formal involvement in the talks, adding to the pressure on the prime minister and the president to end the political stalemate.
The legislation would end a two-year stalemate between congressional agriculture policy leaders and budget experts.
There is thus far less likelihood of stalemates or draws forming in the game.
His trademark was a rare combination of quickness and power, but last season the motor never shifted into overdrive and Russell too often was stalemated by what seemed to be inferior talent.
Both teams were then stalemated until the start of the second half.
The vampires and Cedar Creek are stalemated, but that doesn't stop the Sheriff from taking his revenge. Strangeways: The Thirsty – Week of 6/15 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
the chess game ended with white stalemated
If there was ever of picture of a total stalemate, that it is, but the one thing the MSM does not want to entertain is any suggestion that the Qana incident was staged by Hezbollah. The "Green Helmet" mystery continues
However, we should emphasize that this stalemate is highly unlikely.
When the subject of Belgium's current political stalemate arises, his ice-blue eyes light up. Belgium's Unifying Force
Another reason for stalemate (or decline, as the case may be) in the stock market is the political distemper created by the major political parties.
With roughly half the country under the control of each side, a situation of stalemate had been reached.
To date all the matches had ended in a stalemate.
Super-majority politics empower ideological extremists and lead to stalemated policy and inaction. Darrell West: Five Governance Problems That Contributed to the U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade
The stalemate continued for three days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. THE LAST PLACE
After meeting with various factional leaders, he claimed that he had made proposals to overcome the stalemate.
Also, a presidential system can so balance power between legislature and executive that there are damaging stalemates and confusion of accountability.
The ensuing battle stopped the German steamroller and laid the foundation for what would become years of stalemated, bloody trench warfare.
General David McKiernan [US Commander in Afghanistan] recently described the war in Afghanistan as "stalemated" particularly in the Southern parts of the country. Israelated - English Israel blogs
Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with checkmate or stalemate.
The stepped-up Republican attack against Mr Rubin only heightened investors' concern over the budget stalemate in Washington.
When power is divided, as it has been since 1994, the checks and balances of government make for legislative stalemate.
But the talks themselves were a virtual stalemate.
The war situation has been stalemated.
These steps demonstrate a political will by Barak to break out of stalemate.
It also proved a lesson in patience for a loud and enthusiastic crowd who anticipated a thrilling fourth day but instead watched the Test progress towards a dull stalemate.
Although both the DPP and KMT have accepted this concept, it simply creates a stalemate between the KMT's greater national Chinese as envisioned by Sun Yat-sen, in which there are many ethnic groups, but Han are the representations of pure, superior and modern... and the DPP's own essentialized version, which denies the continued horizontal crossing of their own demarkation between ethnic groups. Reconstructing post-1949 Nationalist History in Taiwan
By December 1943, the Allies had failed to break the Gustav Line and the Italian campaign was stalemated.
Technological advances in machine guns and artillery had caused such a stalemate on the battlefield that all parties involved were looking for ways to break the deadlock.
By 1807 the protracted war between Britain and Napoleonic France had reached a stalemate.
In this game, two players take turns accumulating points by capturing tokens while avoiding being "stalemated". GnomeFiles.org
Which of the Final Five Cylons does President Adama threaten to airlock in order to break the stalemate with D'Anna and the rebel Cylon fleet?
Once Matt checkmated him, and twice Rick stalemated him.
They were strong on both sides now, and the battle for the Jarama had ended in stalemate. THE WHITE DOVE
As a result, shareholder activism has been stalemated in this arena, and institutional shareholders want a new weapon.
So for all of Clinton's feigned outrage over no progress in Michigan, the fault lies with her and her wealthy backers: Michigan officials bear considerable responsibility for the mess they have helped to create, and a revote is one way out, though that looks increasingly unlikely given the political stalemate. Effort by rich Clinton supporters to finance Michigan re-vote actually undermined the re-vote
A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control.
All of these qualities, when duly accounted for, amounted to a virtual condition of stalemate between the opposing forces.
Midway through a 0-0 stalemate he stood up, turned round and pointed at the moaner. Down go the fairy lights and down go Middlesbrough's promotion hopes | Harry Pearson

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