How to Use gavel in a Sentence

gavel

1 of 2 noun
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  • That’s bound to cause headaches for the guy holding the gavel.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • And so the Brown grads drank, the clank clank of the gavel echoing over the din of chatter and 2000s pop punk.
    — Hau Chu, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
  • And McCarthy needs to keep them all happy in order to keep the gavel.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
  • One of the King’s royally swish gifts will go under the gavel this spring.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The outcome was certain before the gavel came down to open the meeting.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The postage stamp that started it all is going under the gavel.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Householder returned to the Ohio House in 2016 with his eye on the speaker's gavel.
    — Jessie Balmert, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Why isn't that enough to have already gotten a speaker in place, holding the gavel?
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Stay tuned to see what other classics will go under the gavel.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
  • The chamber will enter next month with a new person holding the gavel.
    — Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • On Saturday Phelan still didn’t have enough Democrats to bring the gavel down to open a meeting.
    — Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The list of House Republicans who have tried and failed to win the speaker’s gavel keeps growing.
    — Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Democrats see Jefferies as a speaker in waiting, just five seats away from taking the gavel.
    — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The banging of the gavel did little to quiet Macek or the other attendees.
    — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 29 June 2023
  • The House has held six rounds of voting for speaker over two days and still no nominee has received enough votes to win the gavel.
    — WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
  • At the House dais, Speaker Mike Johnson held the gavel, looking stricken.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of the concessions McCarthy made to win the speaker’s gavel was to use the need to raise the debt limit to force Democrats to agree to federal spending cuts.
    — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Don’t be surprised if its gavel price is beaten in the next four to five years, though, especially with how things have gone over the last decade.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The clerk has had to repeatedly use her gavel to call the House into order as the day wanes and lawmakers get antsy.
    — WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The board president rapped his gavel and issued a stern warning to a room filled with rainbow flags, parents and teens.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • McCarty himself earns 43 of those 44 votes despite not mounting a bid for the gavel.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • McCarthy has long held the dream of wielding the gavel, but his chase has become an undisputed nightmare.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Some lawmakers are threatening to strip McCarthy of the gavel over the spending bills.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • To secure the gavel, McCarthy made a long list of concessions to some of the most extreme members of his conference.
    — Michael Fanone, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Foley put on a tie with a colorful cartoon print — he is known for his fun neckwear — and invited the children up to the bench to bang the gavel.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
  • Six Republicans are still blocking his path to the gavel.
    — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Along the same wall are two gavels, one of which is in a display case, memorializing the passage of the American Rescue Plan.
    — Nolan D. McCaskill, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Kevin McCarthy promised to leverage the debt ceiling to cut spending in exchange for gaining the House speaker’s gavel.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Eight Republicans are vying to claim the speaker’s gavel, but none so far appear to have a path to earn the 217 votes required to prevail.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But after the gavel was hit, the state only made $2,075, according to officials.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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gavel

2 of 2 verb
  • Perhaps the winds will shift for Fox News when the judge gavels in the trial on Monday.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The House will attempt to gavel in on Thursday at 4 p.m. CT.
    — Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Hart was in the House gallery watching as Pelosi claimed the speakers’ gavel for a second time in 2019.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Those rules will be voted on once the lawmakers gavel in for the session on Jan. 12.
    — James Barragán, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
  • So, maybe a woman or person of color won’t be wielding the House gavel at this point next week.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • It was left to Gore, who presided over the count as president of the Senate, to gavel down the objections from his fellow Democrats.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Their efforts failed as several House Democrats quietly returned to Austin and allowed the House to gavel in with a quorum present.
    — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
  • The House of Delegates convened at noon — with the more deliberative Senate yet to gavel in by 12:20 p.m.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • With a little less than a month to go before the Quail Auction, which will be held on August 18, there are expectations that the race car could fetch as much as $40 million when the final gavel strikes.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 July 2023
  • Gore had to gavel several Democrats’ objections out of order.
    — Tim Darnell, ajc, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Lawmakers are required to gavel into a special session by the governor but are not required to act.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Lawmakers will return in mid-September for three weeks of votes and will gavel out by Oct. 2, which Hoyer has set as the target adjournment date ahead of the November election.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Quickly picking up his auction table and gavel the assessor, surrounded by his strong arm squad, went quickly over to the zoo office where Mrs. Benchley had remained during the sale.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • That’s the same tightrope McCarthy—who only was granted his recently retired gavel in the 15th bruising round of speaker votes back in January—teetered on throughout his tenuous nine-month tenure.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The two-year legislative session ends Dec. 31 -- or earlier, if legislative leaders gavel out before then.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Legislators return to work Monday to gavel in their two-year session and swear in new members, meeting under the cloud of a worsening coronavirus pandemic.
    — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2020
  • The House of Representatives will gavel into at a special session Wednesday to vote on the Democratic governor’s request.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 12 July 2021
  • Tuesday's emotional hearing was covered gavel to gavel on many major TV networks.
    — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 28 July 2021
  • The House will gavel out Thursday, and the Senate left town last week, though leadership in both chambers has directed lawmakers to be prepared to return to Washington immediately if a deal is struck.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 25 May 2023
  • Ledbetter loudly struck his gavel several times after Bracy began talking about the bill.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 12 May 2023
  • According to the Tennessean, Sexton called on Jones to speak within minutes of his reclaiming his seat and was ultimately pushed to gavel supporters into order twice during Jones’ remarks.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • If negotiators finalize a deal, those legislators will return to the Capitol, approve the deal and gavel out until a second special session in August, legislative leaders said.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2021
  • McCarthy made several concessions to members of his party in his campaign for the speaker's gavel earlier this year, including allowing a single member to introduce a motion to vacate.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 6 June 2023
  • When Maryland lawmakers gavel in for a special legislative session beginning Monday, a partisan battle over redrawing the state’s congressional maps will be front and center.
    — Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • McCaul has sought various pieces of information and intelligence regarding the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan since gaining the committee gavel in January.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 2 May 2023
  • House Republicans, however, are instead focusing on their own legislative priorities and using their new committee gavels to launch investigations into the administration.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps the winds will shift for Fox News when the judge gavels in the trial on Monday.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The House will attempt to gavel in on Thursday at 4 p.m. CT.
    — Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Hart was in the House gallery watching as Pelosi claimed the speakers’ gavel for a second time in 2019.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Those rules will be voted on once the lawmakers gavel in for the session on Jan. 12.
    — James Barragán, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020

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