How to Use adjournment in a Sentence

adjournment

noun
  • An adjournment cannot take place if both chambers do not consent to it.
    — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The discovery led to an abrupt adjournment for the rest of the week.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The end of the film isn’t so much a conclusion as an adjournment.
    — Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
  • This is not a normal year, and this was not a normal adjournment.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The adjournment date was two weeks past their goal of ending by March 21.
    — Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But some on the council made their opinions heard before adjournment.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Proctor was due to enter a plea but applied for an adjournment on medical grounds.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But the judge's decision on adjournment didn't occur without a fuss.
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2020
  • From roll call to adjournment, the meeting lasted less than 60 seconds.
    — al, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Sine die, the final adjournment of the session, was marked with great celebration by all.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2024
  • Lee said the government will seek an adjournment to Lai’s trial during the process.
    — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The court also heard from victims and their families who all objected to any adjournment.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Cheney was determined to pass the bill before the panel’s noon adjournment time in the session’s first week.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Details would need to be worked out through the legislative process, with lawmakers eyeing adjournment in about two weeks.
    — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2021
  • McCarthy, at least, believes there will be an adjournment after the ongoing vote.
    — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • To fully recess, Democrats would have to agree to an adjournment resolution.
    — Brian Beutler, New Republic, 26 July 2017
  • That prompted Democrats to walk out, and the hours-long quorum break resulted in the bill dying a day before adjournment.
    — Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • After the House and Senate gavel in at noon, there will be brief floor sessions followed by adjournments.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The Senate ended up convening for a total of eight days over the course of the adjournment period.
    — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The size of the expense checks would fall if lawmakers miss deadlines for adjournment, or for passing their annual budget.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • That date is 90 days past the special session's adjournment when non-emergency laws passed during the session will take effect.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Vexed, former school board president Ed Mayer motioned for adjournment, at which point the entire board walked out.
    — Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Members shouted out their yeas and nays, and the clerk hastily banged her gavel, announcing the adjournment over the protests of some members who wanted a recorded vote.
    — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The adjournment came before the chamber could consider a motion by Rapert to extend the session.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2021
  • With another month, at least, before adjournment, here’s what lawmakers have — and have not yet — done on Capitol Hill.
    — Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Disagreement over rules could lead to adjournment at the outset, the Casper Star-Tribune reports.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In the filing, Musk also asks for a stay of action in Twitter’s legal proceedings against him and for an adjournment of the trial.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The adjournment means that possible redistricting in the state before the 2026 midterms appears all but dead.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • Huge crowds outside the legislature on June 12 forced the adjournment of a debate on the legislation.
    — Time Staff, Time, 16 June 2019
  • Such claims aren't uncommon in the legislature's annual adjournment push.
    — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

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