log jam

noun

1. blockage caused by the crowding together of a number of logs floating in a river
2. a deadlock; standstill

Example Sentences

After traveling just 15 miles in three hours her water broke and the log jam on the hard shoulder delayed an ambulance.

From The Daily Beast

Macnamara, a famous white-water birler, had met his fate in the breaking of a log-jam some years before.

From Project Gutenberg

Hugh, Jack, and Fannin were now stretched out at different points on the log jam, gazing at the fish beneath them.

From Project Gutenberg

He went down and stamped on the log-jam, and presently a fat cow ran out and Kŭt-o-yĭs killed it.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, the son-in-law was a person of much mysterious power, and he kept the buffalo hidden under a big log-jam in the river.

From Project Gutenberg

They went to the log-jam and the old man drove out the buffalo and his son-in-law killed a fat buffalo cow.

From Project Gutenberg