party line

Example Sentences

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MPs could vote freely throughout the process, meaning they did not have to follow a party line, and could decide whether or not to support the bill as a whole or particular amendments.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

News had just come that the Nazi-Soviet Pact had been signed; the party line had changed.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

If the desire to be released from this Hell reaches across the party line — if it’s affecting everyone, everywhere — is there any escape at all, any way off this hamster wheel?

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

That’s OK: It’s better to have a media landscape as diverse as America rather than one in which outlets sing from the same party line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

It was a party line, which meant everyone who had a phone could listen in on conversations.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm