How to Use minority leader in a Sentence

minority leader

noun
  • There are times when the speaker has to cut a deal with the minority leader.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • McCarthy will serve as minority leader for the next two years.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2021
  • The House minority leader has not endorsed in that race.
    — Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 8 July 2025
  • The speaker isn't the only one putting pressure on the minority leader.
    — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 9 Nov. 2021
  • But there is no doubting the House minority leader's wish to play to a radical crowd.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • McConnell might be forgiving of many things, but having to serve as the minority leader is not one of them.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
  • All of this came after her decade in the Georgia state house, several of them as minority leader.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
  • Yes, the former president is vain, and the House minority leader crossed him.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The minority leader has dodged questions about an endorsement from reporters for months.
    — Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The minority leader turned away from the podium and stood nearby while others took the microphone.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • And being the minority leader gives Schumer the chance to turn his ideas into concrete action.
    — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Pelosi spent two decades as a leader of Democrats in the House—rising from whip to minority leader to speaker.
    — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The texts date to March 2016, when Hoover was still minority leader.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2017
  • That has opened the door for Christine Drazan, a former minority leader in the state House.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The minority leader notably voted against the measure, citing the subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year.
    — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Nov. 2025
  • McConnell, the minority leader, signaled his support for the bill.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, has come out against the bill, but has done nothing to mount a filibuster.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Pelosi is the House speaker; Schumer is the Senate minority leader.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The Senate minority leader was fine.
    — Bob Cusack, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
  • These are members of the Supreme Court -- he the minority leader of the United States.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2020
  • McClinton is the first Black woman to serve as the House minority leader.
    — Christen Smith, Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The House minority leader says the war is already costing taxpayers.
    — Ford McCracken, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The commission would be helmed by two co-chairs – one each selected by the speaker of the House and the House minority leader.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 July 2021
  • Perillo was elected to the House in 2006 and is a deputy minority leader.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Caldwell is House Republicans’ fourth minority leader in the past three years.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • No, said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who agreed the costs of inaction were too high.
    — Tony Romm, Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
  • As Senate minority leader, that means flipping four Senate seats next election.
    — Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • But Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has suggested Democrats might not go along with a red-flag bill.
    — John McCormack, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Jeffries, a New York Democrat, is the House minority leader.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 20 Nov. 2025
  • In 2011, Democrats lost the House, and Pelosi became minority leader.
    — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022

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