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.
• By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• The Senate adjourned today in a pro forma and will gavel back in on April 16.
  — Lauren Peller, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2020
• But some Republicans were also reluctant to sign onto a letter to adjourn for that length of time.
  — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2020
• 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
• House lawmakers adjourned in mid-March and have not returned due to the threat of the virus, which is particularly deadly for older people.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• Mann on Friday stood by his decision to walk out and adjourn the meeting.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2020
• Board members voted to adjourn the meeting to a later date.
  — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
• 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
• The House has voted on party lines to adjourn until 10 p.m. Friday.
  — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024