How to Use party line in a Sentence

party line

noun
  • This seems to be the party line.
    — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The bill passed along party lines.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But all of the votes on those amendments failed on party lines.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The bill passed 7-2, along party lines.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The collapse in hope cuts across party lines.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This is a concern across party lines.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • That warning is shared across party lines.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats pushed through the changes by a 9-5 vote along party lines.
    — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 11 June 2018
  • The motion failed along party lines.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Both efforts failed along party lines.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The amendment failed along party lines.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The 41-49 vote was along party lines.
    — Jay Blackman, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of it all, voters vote along party lines and issues.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2018
  • His breaks from the party line have only grown more pronounced.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Bessent should know all this and is simply towing the party line.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But lawmakers killed the bill on party lines.
    — Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But poll respondents were split along party lines.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Texas and who looks poised to tow the party line, no matter that the case is laughably weak.
    — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Bartlett noted the scandal cuts across party lines.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Everyone must stick to the party line.
    — NPR, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Yet some worry that it could be used to force companies to toe the party line.
    — Bloomberg.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • The change is reflected across party lines.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The questions largely fell along party lines.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • He was confirmed to the Supreme Court on a near-party line vote.
    — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The bill passed the state House and Senate along party lines.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
  • What does Manchin want from Democrats in order to vote the party line?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2021
  • And if Democrats do not cross party lines, the government could shut down.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • The vote was largely on party lines and passed with broad support from Democrats.
    — Trisha Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The bill passed along party lines with one absence in the committee.
    — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The bill passed mostly along party lines, with Democrats in favor.
    — oregonlive.com, 30 June 2019

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