Sentence examples for gridlock up from inspiring English sources

"If you think we've had gridlock up until now, watch that one," said Mr. Specter, one of those trying to convince Mr. Jeffords to reconsider.

A bad case of gridlock can tie up all the streets in midtown within minutes.

Transport operators are talking of gridlock armageddon, setting up emergency centres to avert road chaos.

Times Square pedestrian gridlock can eat up half your dining time before you even reach the restaurant, but crowds part for freaks.

A bad case of gridlock can tie up all the streets in midtown within minutes, which is why engineers like Popolizio keep close watch on the city's roads, especially on days like this.

Another questioner brought up gridlock in Washington: did Mr Obama's government really have the energy, time or inclination to deepen ties with India?Small wonder that Mr Hagel told troops in Germany that America had "a thankless job in many ways".

The Great Chinese Gridlock of 2010 — up to 60 miles long, on a freeway linking Beijing and Inner Mongolia's capital, Hohhot — has earned a welter of global publicity this month on tales of drivers marooned for days in immobile traffic lanes, and profiteering locals selling them freeze-dried noodles at usurious prices.

Running trains only one way on tracks in the South cleared up gridlock.

But political gridlock can muck up the process.

But since the last long-term transportation law expired in 2009, Congressional gridlock has jammed up consideration of the federal Highway Trust Fund's priorities.

In the wake of this great tragedy, individual senators have the tremendous opportunity to break the gridlock, and step up to pass a comprehensive clean energy and climate policy.