deadlock
noun
a state in which progress is impossible, as in a dispute, produced by the counteraction of opposing forces; standstill; stalemate.
had deadlocked
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past perfectof deadlock.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The judge also dismissed 10 counts the jury had deadlocked on.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
The president’s comments, at a political rally Saturday night in Wheeling, W.Va., came just hours after a North Korean official said talks between the countries had deadlocked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2018
But there are also those who are certain that Hanse was the darkest of dark horses and was a compromise pick after the panel had deadlocked over support of two other candidates.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 13, 2016
A jury had deadlocked on the case, and Chouest decided that his second trial would be without a jury.
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2016
For two months he had deadlocked his party caucus in the election of a United States Senator with hardly more than a dozen legislative votes.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
