nay

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday the House and Senate passed the Epstein files bill with only one nay vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

The party did not hold a vote when its officers met last week, but it had initially been described to BBC News NI by one source as a "yay or nay" meeting.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

Barker’s studio — nay, recording complex — is located in a Woodland Hills business park next to a dialysis center and an IRS office.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2023

“Nay, nay, bless your li’l ’eart, Mattwise, you’n owd Methuselam be but mouses, best leave ’er to Foremole, oi’ll deal with’n.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques