The city's Department of Public Works patched up the roof, but the impasse between the state and the city has become more intractable.

The lack of faith that one party would be better than the other at handling crime may reflect a general feeling among Americans that the problem has become intractable.

Nicholas and Uvarov flattered themselves, however, if they believed that the western provinces were becoming less intractable than the Congress Kingdom.

Whether James could have managed the details of Ralph's trip through the past and return to the present is problematic; he abandoned the novel in 1900 because the material was becoming too intractable and convoluted.

If she were annoyed she would say nothing but her anger might last for weeks, sometimes months, becoming more intractable for its lack of outlet.

The masters complained that the journeymen and apprentices were becoming intractable, meaning that they'd started thinking for themselves.

To Democrats, the case helps explain why the county's fiscal and political problems have become so intractable.

The crusaders were victorious, but Berthold's horse became intractable and galloped into the midst of the fleeing Livonians.

His position had become even more intractable since the earlier discussions, and he didn't think that was possible.

Therapy records indicate the subject had a tendency to synergize this, ah,Cloud, with alcohol, thus becoming forgetful and intractable at once.