How to Use adjourn in a Sentence

adjourn

verb

• The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
• Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
• The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
• Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
• The board took no action after a closed-door, 3-hour meeting and then quickly adjourned.
  — Craig Harris, azcentral, 27 Nov. 2019
• After a few hours, the court adjourned the hearing to an unspecified date.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2019
• The judge adjourned Monday’s hearing due to Hapgood’s absence.
  — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• However, the meeting was adjourned after two hours without any action taken.
  — Fox News, 10 Dec. 2019
• The measure now goes to the Senate, which could approve the bill before adjourning Thursday.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• The Senate could take up the bill within the next several days, before adjourning on Nov. 20 for the year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Phee's nomination expired when Congress adjourned last year, and Trump has not renominated her.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2019
• As the Decatur city council meeting adjourned last week, Rosenberger helped her husband Paul Rosenberger put on his coat.
  — Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
• On Tuesday, Aidala argued that the trial should be adjourned because a jury could not be impartial given the new charges in Los Angeles.
  — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 7 Jan. 2020
• Congress will adjourn for the year on Dec. 10 and the Senate on Dec. 18.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2020
• Schumer said the Senate will not adjourn until the bill is passed.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2021
• By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• With the Legislature scheduled to adjourn for the year in two weeks, the time to act is short.
  — David Donovan, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
• The House will adjourn Dec. 10; the Senate adjourns Dec. 18.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2020
• First of all, the Democrats stood up and did dilatory actions, asked to adjourn.
  — CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
• Both the House and Senate were forced to adjourn and will not return to the Capitol until at least April 20.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2020
• The board voted 4-2 to adjourn even though there were still several items on the agenda.
  — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• The House is now voting to adjourn until Monday at noon.
  — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2023
• His bail has been extended, and the case has been adjourned until next month.
  — Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
• The House ended the day voting to adjourn until Friday.
  — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
• Greene filed a motion to adjourn the House Wednesday in an effort to delay passage of the bill.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2021
• After the Getty editor left the stand and the lawyers huddled at the bench with the judge, Burke announced that the trial was adjourned for the day.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020
• The Senate adjourned today in a pro forma and will gavel back in on April 16.
  — Lauren Peller, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2020
• The hearing has adjourned for today and will start again Friday.
  — Sergey Gudkov and Anna Chernova, CNN, 18 July 2024
• The Senate, which has adjourned until Jan. 3, will take up the appointment next year.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
• Phelan and the House, meanwhile, adopted the plan Abbott outlined and adjourned on the first day of the special session.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 27 June 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024