How to Use logjam in a Sentence

logjam

noun

• He was called in to try to break the logjam in the negotiations.
• Both teams are 5-4 and in a logjam of nine teams with five wins.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
• That may be a wing dam, rock pile, roller dam apron, or a logjam.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
• Whether that's enough to break a logjam remains to be seen.
  — Manu Raju, Jessica Dean and Paula Reid, CNN, 11 May 2021
• Last year and thus far in the preseason, Hintz has played on the half-wall, but the Stars face a logjam there now.
  — Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022
• The city even turned to outside service providers to try to break the permit logjam.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 4 June 2021
• Osius gives Rieser much of the credit for breaking the logjam.
  — George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• But owners and experts warn that the ports are just one part of the supply chain logjam.
  — NBC News, 13 Oct. 2021
• Still, the setback slowed work and forced them to retrace their steps to clear the logjam, the monitors said.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 19 July 2022
• The goal for all the teams in this Eastern Conference logjam is to avoid the seventh seed.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• The result is a logjam of demand for venues and services.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 11 May 2021
• The next step — making the Olympic team — required fighting through a logjam.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
• The Bruins’ logjam of bodies on the blue line has been a good problem for Jim Montgomery to have over the past month.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
• In doing so, though, the team created a logjam in the ball handler spots.
  — Tony East, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• There has been a logjam at the top of the points chart at Marist for most of the season, with four players averaging 11.
  — Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• No one shot better than 68, a score that was good for only a share of a nine-player, 10th-place logjam.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
• The roots of the current logjam stretch back to early 2020, Donnelly said.
  — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2021
• The addition of Betts created a logjam for the Dodgers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• The good news is the Eastern Conference standings are a logjam.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• But the president's dire warnings have not been enough to loosen the weeks-long logjam on Capitol Hill.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• Landry Shamet and Dario Saric both make $9 million each — but a two-for-one deal doesn’t help the Jazz’s player logjam.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• The rotation is still a logjam, with Robert Covington healthy but out of the lineup for the third time in his last five games.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• The top three on the leaderboard were followed by a logjam in fourth place, where six players were tied at 6-under.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2023
• The logjam for playoff spots in the third year of the three wild-card format has led to more teams being in position to buy than sell.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
• The majority—71 percent—of all goods delivered in the U.S. are done by truck, exacerbating the logjam at the ports.
  — Greg Petro, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Craig’s body was found around 9 a.m., submerged and caught in a logjam near the area where his canoe capsized, troopers said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
• There is a logjam at the top of both the coaches' statewide rankings and our Central Indiana Fab 15.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2024
• Some clothing brands could be harder to find because of the supply logjam.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
• Young's injury is unfortunate timing for the Hawks, who are right in the middle of the logjam between fourth and eighth in the East.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2021
• No matter how the logjam is sorted out, the future is bright in Baltimore.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024