senator

Example Sentences

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Mr. Sanders, an independent, is a U.S. senator from Vermont.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Former senator Brian Burston accused Hanson of running a "dictatorship" when he quit in 2018.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Feinstein, the state’s senior U.S. senator, had nearly been elected governor in 1990 and her lengthy deliberations froze out other potentially strong contenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Senators voted 54-45 for 48-year-old Republican Mullin, a former wrestler and martial arts fighter who previously served as a senator for Oklahoma.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

I had heard of it—I knew that Mayor Schmoke, President Clinton, and our state’s senior senator, Paul Sarbanes, were all Rhodes Scholars, but I didn’t know much else about the award.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore