| 1 | For quite some time, neither party was willing to budge from its original position. | |
| 2 | The negotiations are now in a stalemate. | |
| 3 | The war situation has been stalemated. | |
| 4 | There is no stalemate: the campaign is heading steadily in the right direction. | |
| 5 | A police standoff ensued, and ended only when the suspect shot himself. |