Sentence examples for were stalemated from inspiring English sources
noun
The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
Talks between Russia and Ukraine were stalemated as Ukraine has asked for European Union mediation, an option Moscow rejected.
Thereafter, however, the French navy and army were stalemated, and an armistice was reached in the spring of 1885.
He talked about the need to be tough in the face of terrorist demands, about France's support for the president who was recently elected in Ivory Coast and about Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which he said were stalemated.
However, jurors were stalemated on 15 counts of securities fraud and two counts of bank fraud, according to The Associated Press; he's slated for a second trial in October.
Initially, the committee members were stalemated.
Mikulski: Okay, so there we were, stalemating.
Peace talks are stalemated.
For a year she was stalemated.
The talks had been stalemated for months.
The Senate is stalemated over a climate change bill.
