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Example sentences for: impasse

How can you use “impasse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

ARTHUR: Not quite the rendezvous with Destiny the brochure claims, perhaps, but still--where once there was a watery impasse, now there's Anglo-French rapport and a Eurotunnel.
Last year, facing another impasse, the Republicans caved and accepted additional spending demanded by Clinton.
In the event of another budget impasse, Lott explained, Republicans would "keep funding programs at the current year's level" to "avoid a train wreck" while they negotiate.
In your opinion, who is more to blame for this impasse?
The impasse meant that by the mid-1980s interest in scaling had waned.