yeas and nays
Example Sentences
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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
The rules were passed on a voice vote, as the yeas and nays echoed through the arena.
From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2016
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
“The matter requires a two-thirds vote,” he says, and then calls for yeas and nays.
From Time • Sep. 6, 2012
He then proposed that the yeas and nays should be recorded; upon which, most of the gentlemen walked off, to prevent the question from being taken.
From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
