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 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
• 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
• That would allow the House to reopen after a two-week impasse.
  — WSJ, 19 Oct. 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
• During the last shutdown, the record-long impasse that began in late 2018, stocks didn’t just survive.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants remain at an impasse after a key deadline.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• The financial strife stretches beyond the workers and studios at the center of the impasse.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes, a change of location can also stop a tantrum in its tracks or break through an impasse.
  — Miriam Foley, Parents, 1 Feb. 2024
• Republicans and Democrats agree it should be reversed, but have been at an impasse on how to get there.
  — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• Both Republicans and Democrats agree it should be reversed, but have been at an impasse over how to do so.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• Everybody’s got an idea about how to resolve the debt limit impasse.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
• As many as 650 nominations could be affected by the end of the year if the impasse continues.
  — Kevin Freking and Tara Copp, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• But the Senate ended the day at an impasse, with the Democratic majority still short of the 60 votes needed to forge ahead.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Eichel, who never reached the postseason with the Sabres, reached an impasse with them over the care and treatment of his serious neck injury.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• This is still the focus of many investors though the current impasse over the debt ceiling is also becoming more of a problem.
  — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• The General Assembly adjourned Feb. 25 without a budget, and the impasse stretched past the start of the new fiscal year on July 1.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• The bargaining impasse took a more hopeful turn Friday.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2023
• House and Senate leadership met Wednesday behind closed doors to discuss how to break the impasse.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
• Local 99 has reached an impasse with the district in months-long negotiations for an across-the-board 30% raise and more for the lowest earners.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Tiesenga said that Yusuf has become a good friend and reliable guide to what makes the most sense when there have been some various forks in the road or impasses.
  — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• If the impasse dragged on, these providers may become less willing to treat patients covered by the government programs.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 11 May 2023
• Despite the stalemate on the battlefield, negotiations are not the right way out of the current impasse.
  — Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
• Related article Talks on a Gaza deal are at an impasse.
  — Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
• Despite the impasse, history is on the side of resolution.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 6 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024