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 deadlock did not last long.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
• These protests come after weeks of deadlock over a cease-fire deal.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
• The Mariners broke the deadlock at the top of the eighth inning.
  — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
• After the deadlock, the players had to vote again to break the tie.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
• At the core of the deadlock is the issue of how the war in Gaza will end.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• In the event of a deadlock, the lower court’s ruling stands.
  — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
• The goal broke a 1-1 deadlock that lasted for well over half the game.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
• Messi’s strike broke a deadlock in the 56th minute of the first leg.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
• But the deadlock didn’t last long, and the Padres got the best of the Dodgers again.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
• But what happened after the deadlock seemed to eclipse the news of the stalemate.
  — Fox News, 21 Nov. 2020
• The result has been a deadlock with no obvious way out.
  — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
• The Houthis and the coalition have both been trapped in a deadlock ever since.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
• But England had two chances to break the deadlock just before half-time.
  — Time, 25 Nov. 2022
• But the deadlock between the two parties has survived it all.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• Get past the deadlock, then decide if the right path is changing things up or walking away.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2026
• The same basic red and blue states, the same partisan deadlock.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2022
• Any emotional deadlock with someone close should pass in just hours.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
• Both sides aim to hold a leaders’ summit later this year to resolve the deadlock.
  — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
• And Roberts could play a crucial role if the Senate deadlocks.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• But when that chance slipped away, the Democrats faced a 10-10 deadlock on the board.
  — Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2019
• With neither side able to break the deadlock, the game went to a half-hour extra time period.
  — Dallas News, 17 Oct. 2022
• There was a uniquely Marcosian way of breaking the deadlock.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• But with the 3-3 deadlock, the commission is likely to stand pat for some time.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2019
• The airline sector has been a key flashpoint throughout the deadlock.
  — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
• The Timbers had equalized in the 54th minute, but the deadlock was short-lived.
  — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2020
• The teams remained tight from there for a 28-28 deadlock at halftime.
  — Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026
• Dominguez will face a new jury later this month after the first trial ended in deadlock.
  — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
• Mills, on the other hand, was found to be in a deadlock with Collins, both at 43 percent.
  — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025