How to Use house seat in a Sentence

house seat

noun
  • Antone could not run again for his state house seat because of term limits.
    — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Back-of-the-house seats in the last row are available for as little as $62.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Montana's actually adding a house seat for the first time in three decades.
    — ABC News, 5 June 2022
  • My state senate and house seats had been held by Republicans for years.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Luckily, the theater manager stepped in and gave them a pair of house seats.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
  • Gregoire lost badly in the August primary for the house seat.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
  • In that election, the country’s ruling party won every lower house seat.
    — Jon Emont, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021
  • In West Virginia not a single woman ran for a house seat in 2016.
    — Dan Merica and Annie Grayer, CNN, 14 May 2018
  • Palmer’s party is fielding candidates in every upper and lower house seat.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
  • Republicans could end up controlling 11 of 14 house seats in the swing state.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Republicans picked up one senate seat, falling just short of control, and lost three house seats, just giving up control.
    — The Editors, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Peña, who lost his bid for a state house seat in November, is accused of conspiring with and paying four other men to shoot at the homes.
    — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • In the past five midterm elections, the president's party has lost an average of 31 house seats, which of course would change power there.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Professional friend Jimmy Kimmel didn't get a house seat until May of this year.
    — Esquire, 11 July 2016
  • Texas Republicans redraw congressional maps that could help flip five Democratic house seats.
    — NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Map drawers draft the outlines of these districts, as well as those for state senate and state house seats, city council districts, and county precincts, like in Galveston County.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Peña, who lost his bid for a state house seat in November, is accused of conspiring with, and paying four other men to shoot at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Edmondson, a 25-year resident of Southlake, had an unsuccessful bid for state house seat District 98 last fall.
    — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Justin Timberlake was in town for the show — along with wife Jessica Biel — who both took golden house seats before sipping bubbles at an exclusive after party.
    — Alice Tate, Marie Claire, 20 Feb. 2013
  • Democrats fended off Republicans in two special elections, holding a state senate seat in Rhode Island and a state house seat in Delaware.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • And for the open seat in Iowa, Democrats seem likely to nominate a two-time Paralympic gold medalist who represents the reddest state house seat held by a Democrat.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, weeks after losing his bid for a state house seat.
    — USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • In a competitive special election for a state house seat in deep-red Alabama last month, Democrat Marilyn Lands won by nearly 25-points.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The Happy Valley real estate broker in 2013 put up a website critical of Shemia Fagan, the woman who took his house seat.
    — oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2020
  • At stake, 435 house seats, 35 Senate seats, 39 governorships, and the nation's political direction for the next two years.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Pearson has made headlines recently, following the reclamation of his state house seat, alongside Justin Jones, after being expelled in April for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The gap between the June primary and August runoff leaves the 14th District’s house seat vacant during a period when a razor-thin Republican majority is moving major legislation.
    — Paul Haughey, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

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