yeas and nays
Example Sentences
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He drew vocal reactions — yeas and nays, amens and laughs – from the friendly room.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Sitting in the gallery that overlooks the Senate floor, lobbyists pulled out ballpoint pens to track the yeas and nays.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022
Though the yeas and nays sounded roughly equal in decibel level the second time, Womack again called it for the yeas, and then asked for objections.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
Why does the Obama administration fear presenting for Senate yeas and nays a nominee to replace former secretary Arne Duncan?
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2016
How, for instance, could Shakspeare paint the yeas and nays, the twists, the turns, the intricacies of Gwendolen Harleth's thought during the long weeks while she was debating whether she should accept Grandcourt?
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
