How to Use yea in a Sentence

yea

noun

• And thank you to all the senators for not asking for the yeas and nays.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2020
• Crump said that with so many creative minds involved, there was a push and pull of ideas over the yeas.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2019
• 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
• One-hundred and ninety-three yeas isn’t that far from 215.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 25 June 2018
• Here’s one: Members of Congress don’t just vote yea or nay on bills!
  — Matt Negrin, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2017
• The mere mention of restaurant dress codes can unleash a torrent of yeas and nays.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
• After the Reds had poor starts to the last two seasons, there will be added attention on how the team begins the yea.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 2 Feb. 2020
• The bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis with 67 yeas to 28 nays.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2019
• For the past 5 ½ yeas, Porco has overseen the total management of the restaurant.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 Oct. 2017
• The hope was that the Senate could get 60 yeas to open debate on the coronavirus measure Sunday – then speed up the process and pass the bill Monday.
  — Fox News, 23 Mar. 2020
• The amendment lost, but received 93 yea votes in the House and 24 in the Senate—a level of support that would have been implausible not that long ago.
  — Elliott Negin, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2020
• There are two possible answers to this question: yea or nay.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2018
• The representatives sit at dark-wood desks that are wired to a digital board on which yea and nay votes are tallied in green and red.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• For a variety of reasons — the passing of time and executives among them — Pixar hasn’t been at its very best in recent yeas.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
• What Dems are afraid of, then, is a Republican filibuster, which takes 60 yeas to defeat.
  — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
• It’s not the first time that Musk has asked Twitter users to participate in a yea-or-nay democratic process to weigh in on decisions for the tech company.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
• Eddy the tabby was adopted by the shop's original owner and had helped represent Steady Eddy's for about 12 yeas.
  — Michael McGough, sacbee, 4 May 2018
• Coach Kris Cofiell said that Wilton has been difficult for Glastonbury in the past, including its first regular season loss this yea.
  — Steve Smith, Courant Community, 7 June 2017
• GovTrack, a government transparency website, recorded Biden's yea vote on the 1993 Act.
  — Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
• The yeas and nays are required under Senate Resolution 483.
  — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2020
• Here are four ways the Pacers are dramatically different from 10 yeas ago.
  — Jenny Green, Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2018
• This time, a bill with enough votes to pass raced through, prompting spontaneous celebrations from one side of the aisle while Democrats on the other joined in a chant meant to predict a bloodbath for yea-voters the next election cycle.
  — Orange County Register Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 May 2017
• These votes were surprise, surprise, split along party lines with Republicans voting yea and Democrats voting nay.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 May 2021
• For three yeas after the prolific fashion designer's murder, the Miami Beach house sat on the auction block without a single bid.
  — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 16 June 2017
• For three yeas after the prolific fashion designer's murder, the Miami Beach house sat on the auction block without a single bid.
  — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 16 June 2017
• Democrats could easily block the president’s nominee under the old protocol of 60 yeas to halt a filibuster.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 4 July 2018
• 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
• Commissioners obliged, voting unanimously Wednesday to defer a yea-or-nay vote on the project until Feb. 6.
  — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The Pacers are one of many teams that could be interested in Walker before the deadline, and his ability to score from the guard position, along with his youth (27 yeas old) are obvious positives.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2018
• However, northern birds migrate at higher rates – with some traveling as far as Central and South America to find more suitable climates this time of yea.
  — Emma Stein, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024