woolsack

Example Sentences

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The Lord Speaker chairs daily business in the chamber from his seat on the woolsack and, like the House of Commons Speaker, is expected to be politically impartial.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

At the end of her final day on the woolsack on Wednesday there was a break with usual Lords etiquette as she was cheered and clapped as business for the day ended.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2011

At Wembley, he should sit on a woolsack.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010

From the overstuffed red woolsack,* the Lord Chancellor announced the vote: "184 lords are content, 193 lords are not content."

From Time Magazine Archive

The woolsack of the House of Lords was typical of this staple industry; and of the mode also in which the majesty of legislation sat heavy upon the produce.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles