How to Use dissenting in a Sentence

dissenting

adjective
  • Kling cast the lone dissenting vote in approving the overall changes to the council bylaws.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 9 July 2021
  • But others said no harm would be done by allowing the restaurant owner to express a dissenting view.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Some have shared their dissenting views in a private digital chat room that has already amassed hundreds of members.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • Zucchet was the sole dissenting vote, arguing that the three-week turnaround period was too brief.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
  • But crushing dissenting speech is a grave problem, regardless of which party wields the gavel.
    — Orange County Register Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Councilman Jerry Cano cast the dissenting vote without comment during last week’s council meeting.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Although most experts admit that our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this disease remains largely hidden to us, the instinct to shut down dissenting views is a strong as ever.
    — Pradheep J. Shanker, National Review, 28 Apr. 2020
  • District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry cast the sole dissenting vote in committee.
    — Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Thousands of Utah state employees have been working from home for months during the pandemic and, under a bill that cleared the Legislature without a single dissenting vote, more will be asked to do so on bad air days.
    — Marina McNairy, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Since voucher recipients decide which candidates get this money based on their political preferences, the speech tax undermines dissenting views and entrenches popular ones.
    — Ethan Blevins, National Review, 14 July 2017
  • The American university is where intellectuals with dissenting views are silenced — even physically assaulted — by mobs.
    — John Kass, Twin Cities, 4 May 2017
  • Unsurprisingly, the curriculums are severely biased with dissenting views unwelcome.
    — Steven Glick, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Keith Carson, president of the Board of Supervisors, was the lone dissenting vote on the resolution, sayng the county needs to spend its money on hospitals and social service programs.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2021

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