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.
• 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 House adjourned before taking up the bills, which then could not be voted on in the Senate.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
• With him out of the way, the Senate quickly got back on track and moved through dozens of bills before adjourning for the year.
  — CBS News, 1 July 2019
• 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
• Court was adjourned after Stines entered a not-guilty plea.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 25 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Wilhoit agreed and sent the case to a grand jury before adjourning.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
• Funding runs up to Friday, at the same time government leaders are set to adjourn for the holidays.
  — Sara Salinas, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
• Congress will adjourn for the Christmas period starting Friday.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025