How to Use sine die in a Sentence

sine die

adverb
  • Last year, a bill died on sine die in the final seconds of session.
    — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Would all the new members of the House and Senate — those sworn in since our last sine die — please rise?
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Both the House and Senate adjourned sine die on the evening of April 2.
    — Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
  • When midnight arrives and the sine die motion is made, confetti and balloons fall from the gallery.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The Senate sitting as a court of impeachment stands adjourned sine die.
    — NBC News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • But on the final day of session, known in Annapolis by the Latin phrase sine die, any delay can be terminal.
    — Michael Dresser, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Both chambers will meet Thursday afternoon, with hopes to adjourn the session sine die Thursday night.
    — azcentral, 3 May 2018
  • But lawmakers have not adjourned sine die — a requirement to put the Legislature in recess.
    — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Other Democrats are reportedly looking for face-saving ways to show up for work so the special session can finish its business and go sine die.
    — Karl Rove, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The House passed the bill in a late-night session Wednesday and adjourned sine die, leaving the Senate to either approve the bill as-is or spike it.
    — Scott McClallen, Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2020
  • In the meantime, the Senate's vote to adjourn sine die won't amount to anything beyond a recess unless the House reconsiders.
    — Maria Polletta, azcentral, 8 May 2020
  • Both chambers of the Legislature adjourned sine die by early afternoon Friday, with no bills passed in the first special session.
    — Raga Justin, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Whatever the case, Abbott and other Republicans are poised to take a victory lap after the session adjourns sine die.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 30 May 2021
  • Little gets five additional days, for a total of 10 business days, excluding Sundays, to make decisions on bills after sine die.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The House adjourned the latest special session sine die, blocking the Senate’s ability to tweak the measure and send it back for another House vote.
    — Torey Van Oot Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The day before sine die, lawmakers sent a measure to Abbott’s desk that broadly expands the state’s criminal code and bans minors from attending drag shows, Patrick said.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
  • Senate President Karen Fann said Monday evening there had been no decision on whether to adjourn sine die and end the session or merely break for periods at a time.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Ten days later, the Senate voted on two more of the articles of impeachment, both votes again falling one vote shy of conviction, before adjourning the trial sine die, or with no date chosen to reconvene.
    — USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • So contrary to traditional practices, all legislation now must be presented to the governor before the Legislature adjourns sine die.
    — Gov. Butch Otter, idahostatesman, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The upper chamber will officially adjourn the 118th Congress sine die in the morning, before quickly turning around at noon and opening the new Congress.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The legislative session was originally scheduled to adjourn sine die on May 6, but was forced to take a temporary adjournment starting on March 14 because of the pandemic.
    — Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
  • The Legislature adjourned sine die Saturday and left on Hobbs' doorstop several pieces of legislation related to groundwater management.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2024

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