How to Use senator in a Sentence

senator

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  • The senator said the state leads the country in mass shootings.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 May 2023
  • While farm life suited Taylor, the role of a senator's wife did not.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But without a full agreement to show to senators, a vote remained a long way off.
    — Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • If your senior senator can’t do that, then someone needs to tell the senator to sit down and shut up.
    — Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The vast majority of GOP senators, meanwhile, have declined to weigh in on the contest, though that could change with time.
    — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Democrat senator condemned Awad's comments when contacted about his ties to the group.
    — Joe Schoffstall, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Melton, himself a former state senator, strode to a podium inside a meeting room at the Statehouse and made his pitch.
    — Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Brown, Ohio's three-term senator, is set to face one of the Senate's toughest reelection challenges in 2024.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Current and former staffers who have tied the knot say the longtime Iowa senator revels in the number of staffers who found love with one another.
    — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Not a single Republican senator who has weighed in on the race has endorsed her.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • Several of the senators who have now spoken out are up for reelection in 2024.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • After three attempts, the senators' filibuster failed to block the bill from passing.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 May 2023
  • The bill would likely need support from at least 60 senators to dodge a filibuster and make it to President Biden’s desk.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Yet the New York senator did not commit to specific details.
    — Susan Haigh, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In a video posted to Twitter/X, Shou Chew urged users to share their stories not only with friends and family, but with senators as well.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Two-thirds of the senators, who will sit as jurors, must approve any one of the 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton for him to be removed.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The senators told Blinken and his wife to preserve and hand over by mid-May all records related to Hunter Biden and the businesses dealings by him or his family.
    — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 2 May 2023
  • The fact remains that during the vaunted pro-choice backlash of the past two years, not one pro-life senator or governor has lost his office in an election.
    — The Editors, National Review, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In Nebraska, the decision was swayed by the 80-year-old Merv Riepe, a long-time Republican state senator.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the former state senator, who has endorsed Trump, has cited his background as a leader in Ohio as his leading attribute.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Democratic senators in those and other states have built up big reserves.
    — Joe Murphy, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The senator and his wife face additional charges of obstruction that were not part of Thursday's order.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • One state senator even carried a bill removing his own family’s business from the zone.
    — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The conversations in the room continue to be productive, senators told ABC News.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Alabama’s senior senator has done some dumb, racist stuff lately, but Tuberville had nothing to do with this.
    — Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 17 May 2023
  • The video of the senator and his group was originally shared on TikTok by Tony Cani and reposted on many social media platforms.
    — Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
  • And next fall, Californians will elect a new senator from what’s now a crowded field of candidates.
    — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • But senators said Thursday that the $680 increase could allow some districts to avoid major increases to class sizes or program cuts.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
  • Liberals have not truly had a five-justice majority on the Supreme Court in my lifetime or even the Utah senator’s lifetime.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
  • The senator stressed during the panel that there would be no one-size approach to bringing down costs, including the Biden negotiation plan.
    — Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023

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