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.
• Schumer said the Senate will not adjourn until the bill is passed.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2021
• Board members voted to adjourn the meeting to a later date.
  — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
• 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
• The Michigan House is expected to adjourn for the year later today.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2020
• Loftus is among dozens of people across the country who are being charged in the riots that forced Congress to adjourn and go into hiding.
  — Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
• Just as the judge was about to adjourn the hearing, defense attorneys asked if Young’s daughter could be allowed to hug her before she was taken away.
  — Ben Brasch, ajc, 17 Feb. 2021
• Prosecutors sought to adjourn the hearing until a later date to work out a variety of issues with Snyder's lawyers.
  — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2021
• Georgia could also get billions in federal aid added to its coffers in coming months, although state lawmakers could adjourn for the year before Congress acts.
  — Jeff Amy, ajc, 25 Feb. 2021
• Once that’s done, this year’s session will be able to adjourn — although for procedural reasons, the actual adjournment is scheduled for Monday.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
• The House moved to adjourn a day early this week after law enforcement officials reported a new threat against the Capitol timed for Thursday.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2021
• Board President Camille Rodriguez and other trustees declined to comment on the vote when approached by reporters after the meeting adjourned.
  — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2024
• McConnell, like Pelosi, says Congress will not adjourn without providing the long-overdue covid-19 relief.
  — Arkansas Online, 11 Dec. 2020
• 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
• First of all, the Democrats stood up and did dilatory actions, asked to adjourn.
  — CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
• 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
• The House ended the day voting to adjourn until Friday.
  — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
• 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
• The meeting adjourned after about an hour, and staff started taking down the tables and clearing the room.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
• At the courthouse, Underwood announced that the court was adjourned.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• The House is currently in recess, and the Senate is slated to adjourn as well later this month.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 2 May 2023
• Before deciding on a fourth round of voting, the House decided to adjourn for the evening.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
• But the Senate adjourned without taking up the bill, effectively killing it for the year.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
• Crestfallen, McCarthy marched back to his seat, and McHenry called for the chamber to adjourn.
  — Catie Edmondson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• Judge briefly adjourned the hearing for a break before returning, where DNA experts were expected to testify.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024