Sentence examples for created a gridlock from inspiring English sources

The floodwaters had created a gridlock of trucks and cars that were stopped at the water's edge.

Karma, which is now invisible to others, was publicly displayed in a previous iteration, and although the aim was social accountability, it only created a gridlock in transactions.

They sat in their cars, staring grimly ahead, forming a line for city sandbags that stretched down blocks and curled around corners, creating a gridlock so profound that even those who wanted to give up and turn away could not.

The division of powers has always created a potential for gridlock.

"That is creating a huge gridlock".

The economic downturn, combined with ideological gridlock, has created a "make-or-break moment" for the middle class and for those trying to enter it, he said.

It also created a complex web of offices and institutions that have prevented fresh open conflict, but have led to widespread gridlock and proven unable to foster reconciliation.

Senator Inouye is unlikely to agree easily to Republican spending cuts, creating a climate for gridlock as the two parties face off.

"Even if these were 300,000 little old ladies, we would still want to keep them towards West Street rather than to create a mass of gridlock in the midst of the city somewhere," said Paul J. Browne, the department's deputy commissioner for public information.

As seaports, airports and bridges slow down, the worsening bottlenecks in the supply chain will create a kind of gridlock in the U.S. economy, just when it is slowing down anyway.

Prime example: during both of Barack Obama's terms as president, the Republicans were chastised for creating a self-induced gridlock of legislative sessions through excessive walkouts and overuse of filibusters.