How to Use nay in a Sentence

nay

noun

• Vice President Mike Pence: On this vote, the ayes are 50 and the nays are 50.
  — WSJ, 12 Feb. 2017
• And thank you to all the senators for not asking for the yeas and nays.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2020
• The vote is in and the nay-sayers appear to be out-numbered.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 20 June 2022
• The score was 3-1 in favor of the nays on the health of four players of pressing concern.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 May 2017
• The legislation was passed on a calling of the yeas and nays rather than a roll call vote.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2019
• The mere mention of restaurant dress codes can unleash a torrent of yeas and nays.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
• The bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis with 67 yeas to 28 nays.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2019
• That’s far above the 5 percent of nays cast on pay at the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index during the same year.
  — Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 27 May 2016
• But, when the yeas and nays were called, all but three of them heeded their inner Pelosis and voted to impeach.
  — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 22 Dec. 2019
• The nay was made from thick reeds that grew wild in the region stretching from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia – at the heart of which lies modern-day Jordan.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2018
• The duo is also dressed in matching iridescent corsets shaped like seashells that add to the under-the-sea scenery — nay, seanery.
  — Jennet Jusu, Allure, 24 Mar. 2022
• Emphasize the positive and chase away nay-saying demons.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2021
• Every family — nay, every person — probably has some opinion on the best time to dig into the feast.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
• And, on Wednesday evening, Rep. Thomas Massie exercised his prerogative to stand apart from his colleagues by voting nay.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 May 2022
• Keep your eyes peeled for cult-favorite Nordstrom pieces as well, like those Zella leggings with hundreds—nay, thousands—of five-star reviews—and the $44 bra with a loyal celeb following.
  — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2021
• The yeas and nays are required under Senate Resolution 483.
  — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2020
• Yea or nay:Who is for, against Cincinnati’s affordable housing charter amendment?
  — Hannah K. Sparling, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2021
• Unique among series-production vehicles, Rolls-Royces feature—nay, are built around—classic coach doors, even on two-door models like Wraith.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• Evidently that turned some of the ayes heard by the Senate president into nays, because the proposal was defeated, 21 to 17.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
• These votes were surprise, surprise, split along party lines with Republicans voting yea and Democrats voting nay.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 May 2021
• Initially, the Hall of Fame tasked its regular selection committee with voting yay or nay on the entire 15-person class.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2019
• May an interested voter inquire as to what has become of any sort of contract, nay, contact, with America?
  — WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
• But there is something deeper to my ongoing attraction—nay, obsession—with this show.
  — Vogue Runway, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
• The amendment was voted down, but received 35 yea votes to 50 nays — a ratio that advocates considered to be a victory, however small.
  — Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star, 11 Feb. 2018
• Votes on March 22-23 in the Senate that drew Democratic nays were procedural in nature and were not a vote on the package itself, which was still being drafted – no formal bill existed.
  — Katie Wadington, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
• Lamar Jackson is clearing — nay, deodorizing — the air over his temporary departure from the field during Monday night's game.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• Whether Hey or nay, responding to emails in batches is far better than in a continuous stream of low-level productivity between nine and five.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• Student trustee Malinalli Villalobos joined him in voting nay, but the student role is advisory without a vote that counts toward the outcome.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2022
• Hummer EV is a bonkers machine that can help convert electric vehicle nay-sayers into believers.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
• The group of eight nays cuts across the political spectrum -- from conservative Republicans to moderates.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 28 June 2017

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024