holding the floor
Example Sentences
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However, not all power is maintained through holding the floor.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2022
A rule first adopted in 1842 forbids any member from holding the floor for more than one hour without unanimous consent to speak for a longer time.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
In a corner near the bar at a popular taco restaurant, Wendy Davis was holding the floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2014
The caterer serves me my meal and Allen goes back to holding the floor with anecdotes about his time working as assistant to Albert Pierrepoint, the doyen of British executioners.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2014
Her adversary, holding the floor undisputed, slowed down, and someone stopped the fiddler.
From The Call of the Cumberlands by Buck, Charles Neville
