Stalemate is an English word with synonyms like deadlock or move. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stalemate meaning
- The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
- Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
- Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
Using Stalemate
- The main meaning on this page is: The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw. | Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss. | Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
- Useful related words include: deadlock, move, tie, standoff.
- In the example corpus, stalemate often appears in combinations such as: the stalemate, stalemate with, stalemate in.
Context around Stalemate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stalemate
- In this selection, "stalemate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, likely, legal, exhausting and rule stand out and add context to how "stalemate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a belligerent stalemate and a lasting stalemate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stalemate" sits close to words such as aesthetics, analytical and breweries, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stalemate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Democracy would seem to be in a stalemate. (8 words)
Both teams played to a stalemate in the second half. (10 words)
It looked like ending in a stalemate until Hayes’ late intervention. (11 words)
And advocates had feared that a legal stalemate over access to the so-called abortion pill, mifepristone, would end much the same way, before the high court opted late last week to maintain the status quo -- for the time being. (40 words)
But while the Palestinian demand for a state slid into an exhausting stalemate over the last 30 years, the revolutionary Shiite regime in Iran came to pose an increasingly dire threat both to its Sunni neighbors and to Israel. (39 words)
And there are growing concern that there will be a stalemate between the Republican majority in the House and Senate and the White House over funding at September’s end which may cause a government shutdown. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Stalemate was added, although the outcome has changed several times (see History of the stalemate rule ).
A likely stalemate is, of course, a more morally justifiable success over that of prolonged war with unending death and destruction.
And advocates had feared that a legal stalemate over access to the so-called abortion pill, mifepristone, would end much the same way, before the high court opted late last week to maintain the status quo -- for the time being.
And there are growing concern that there will be a stalemate between the Republican majority in the House and Senate and the White House over funding at September’s end which may cause a government shutdown.
Any job cuts could worsen tensions with transport unions, who are currently in a stalemate with the government as they prepare for more strikes this Thursday.
A stalemate between and Ukraine could lead to pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who may find himself pushed to surrender.
Both teams played to a stalemate in the second half.
Bristol Rovers captain Paul Coutts was missed Saturday's stalemate with Barnsley at the Mem but manager Joey Barton hopes to have.
But he is probably playing a spoiler role designed to stalemate the poll, produce a run-off, and eventually engender the victory of the PDP.
But while the Palestinian demand for a state slid into an exhausting stalemate over the last 30 years, the revolutionary Shiite regime in Iran came to pose an increasingly dire threat both to its Sunni neighbors and to Israel.
Democracy would seem to be in a stalemate.
Despite the peace accord serving as a blueprint for other conflicts globally, there has been a powersharing stalemate at Stormont for almost as long as it as been functioning.
For the moment, Ukraine’s recent successes on the battlefield are almost certainly not enough to dispel the growing sense that the war is becoming a lasting stalemate.
However any future change of government, the agenda, an aggressive rejection of any contact from opposition parties will return both countries to a belligerent stalemate.
If he decides the ground for such a process does not exist, we will return to the stalemate that neither side seems to be particularly unhappy with.
I have a coolroom with seed potatoes which could have been planted given the stalemate in negotiations," he said.
In Friday night’s game, the two teams were at a stalemate through two innings.
International chatter has been escalating, as the war-torn nation looks to a reluctant Germany for a shipment of armored Leopard 2 tanks to break its stalemate with Russia.
It looked like ending in a stalemate until Hayes’ late intervention.
It may well choose to supply Russia with military hardware and ammunition if failure to do so would result in a Russian defeat, but it may choose not to if the war is a stalemate.
Common combinations with stalemate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the stalemate 42×
- stalemate with 23×
- stalemate in 23×
- in stalemate 20×
- to stalemate 15×
- political stalemate 11×
- stalemate over 10×
- stalemate and 10×
- stalemate at 7×
- of stalemate 7×