gavel

Example Sentences

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He always uses a wooden gavel, now chipped, that his father gave him roughly 25 years ago before he died.

From The Wall Street Journal

District Court Judge Beryl Howell — who handed the chief's gavel to Boasberg earlier this month — to limit Pence's testimony by claiming that certain issues were off limits because of executive privilege.

From Salon

Along the same wall are two gavels, one of which is in a display case, memorializing the passage of the American Rescue Plan.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s kind of time to put the gavel on the shelf,” said Sheldon, who lives in Potlatch, Mason County.

From Seattle Times

An undisciplined orator, McCarthy can land in rhetorical trouble, as he did in a recent speech in Tennessee, where he joked about wanting to hit Pelosi with the gavel when he becomes speaker.

From Washington Post