How to Use logjam in a Sentence

logjam

noun

• He was called in to try to break the logjam in the negotiations.
• Both teams are 5-4 and in a logjam of nine teams with five wins.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
• Last year and thus far in the preseason, Hintz has played on the half-wall, but the Stars face a logjam there now.
  — Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022
• Osius gives Rieser much of the credit for breaking the logjam.
  — George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• Still, the setback slowed work and forced them to retrace their steps to clear the logjam, the monitors said.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 19 July 2022
• The Bruins’ logjam of bodies on the blue line has been a good problem for Jim Montgomery to have over the past month.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
• In doing so, though, the team created a logjam in the ball handler spots.
  — Tony East, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• There has been a logjam at the top of the points chart at Marist for most of the season, with four players averaging 11.
  — Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• No one shot better than 68, a score that was good for only a share of a nine-player, 10th-place logjam.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
• The good news is the Eastern Conference standings are a logjam.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• Landry Shamet and Dario Saric both make $9 million each — but a two-for-one deal doesn’t help the Jazz’s player logjam.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• The rotation is still a logjam, with Robert Covington healthy but out of the lineup for the third time in his last five games.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• The top three on the leaderboard were followed by a logjam in fourth place, where six players were tied at 6-under.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2023
• The majority—71 percent—of all goods delivered in the U.S. are done by truck, exacerbating the logjam at the ports.
  — Greg Petro, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Craig’s body was found around 9 a.m., submerged and caught in a logjam near the area where his canoe capsized, troopers said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
• Some clothing brands could be harder to find because of the supply logjam.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
• But in mid-November, there appeared to be a remarkable drop in the number of ships in the logjam at the busiest container ports in the US.
  — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2021
• The biggest logjam in the airline industry right now is in training.
  — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
• Whoever wins will have to find a way to break the independence logjam.
  — Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• The Current had a logjam of central attackers and needed more depth on the wing — which is where Prince enters the equation.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2024
• This creates a logjam for the lawyer who can't bill hours or needs to spend his/her time on higher-value client engagements.
  — Cynthia Nelson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• There’s a logjam at the top of the depth chart at safety, freshmen coming in and David is entering his junior season.
  — oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2023
• The Detroit Pistons have made one more roster move this offseason, creating a bit of a logjam on the back end of their bench.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2022
• The state also is reaching out to those with longstanding applications to try to break the logjam.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2022
• Britain broke the logjam, promising 14 Challenger 2 tanks in January that have since arrived in Ukraine.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• As the housing market works through that logjam, home prices in the short-term might continue pushing upwards.
  — Fortune, 11 May 2022
• Further damage was also caused by logjams on the Rouge River.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
• He was supposed to break through the congressional logjam.
  — Zeke Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• Stars form within the spiral arms due to a logjam of material.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 May 2022
• There is only room for a kitchen, a cooler full of aguas frescas, an ordering counter near the back and a logjam of taco lovers often trailing out the door.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024