How to Use parliament in a Sentence

parliament

noun
  • The law was passed in the present parliament.
  • The parliament has authority over the armed forces.
  • The issue was debated in Parliament.
  • Could he be hauled in front of parliament?
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The new parliament starts its four-year term at the end of May.
    — Se Eun Gong, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Watch the video above to see the haka erupted in parliament.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The bill has been making its way around the houses of parliament over the summer.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But the leaders have yet to sign the treaty and parliaments have yet to ratify it.
    — Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • And he’s just burned one of his key options, which is the option to dissolve parliament.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
  • The new chancellor then returned to parliament to be sworn in.
    — Geir Moulson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The law was passed by parliament last month with near-unanimous support.
    — Babacar Dione, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If it is approved, the bill will progress to the next stage in parliament, reports Reuters.
    — Sylvia Hui, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The coalition still maintained the largest number of seats in parliament.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • If parliament dissolves, new elections would be scheduled in three months' time.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 12 May 2026
  • Its parliament also has yet to figure out how to balance the country’s books.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Bennett and Lapid will now present a bill to dissolve parliament in the coming days.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2022
  • The answer is that removing that tile would require an act of parliament.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025
  • She was approved by parliament but has not run in a national election.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The next phase will see the bill reviewed by parliament's the House of Commons.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The parliament is also next to Borsen, as the building is called.
    — Christian Wienberg, Fortune Europe, 16 Apr. 2024
  • She was first elected to parliament in 1993.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In recent days, the name that has emerged is the parliament speaker, Ghalibaf.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The coalition represents slightly more than half of the seats in parliament.
    — Phisanu Phromchanya, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • It's worn for coronations and state openings of parliament.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
  • One of them was Varga, who resigned from parliament in disgrace.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • Auken, the member of parliament, is, like many Danes, bullish on wind energy.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • What type of government allows its parliament to not be in session during a war?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The vote now sends the legislation to the entire parliament for a series of votes.
    — Yonat Friling, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • If passed in parliament, the ban will go into effect by spring 2027.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • The bill, known as C-18, was approved by the lower house of parliament late last year.
    — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2023

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