Examples of “stalemate” in a Sentence

noun In chess, a position where the player to move has no legal move and is not in check, ending the game as a draw.

• She accidentally forced a stalemate when she should have gone for checkmate.

noun Any deadlocked situation where neither side can make progress.

• Talks between the two countries reached a stalemate over trade tariffs.
• The union and management were stuck in a stalemate for weeks.

verb To bring a situation, argument, or game to a deadlock.

• Their refusal to compromise stalemated the entire negotiation.