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Example sentences for: stalemate

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

If the gods are sufficiently against you, if a peculiar, nay, unprecedented combination of events--debacle in Russia, stalemate in Japan, market crash in the United States--comes to pass, even the best strategy comes to grief.
Now, even highly placed Clinton administration officials secretly subscribe to stalemate.
The editorial encouraged Asian governments to press Myanmar to break its stalemate.
But the polarized stalemate can't continue much longer, for two reasons.
A 500,000-student trial of publicly funded school vouchers, accompanied by an increase in traditional school spending, could break the stalemate in the education debate.