How to Use adjourn in a Sentence

adjourn

verb

• The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
• Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
• The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
• Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
• Then came a quick motion to adjourn about an hour into the meeting, before any business was done.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 12 Oct. 2019
• After post-dinner coffee in the library, guests will adjourn to a bedroom suite with views of the estate.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2019
• Under the Constitution, both chambers have to agree to adjourn for three days or more.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
• However, all three flunk the smell test, and two of them fell by the wayside before the Legislature adjourned last week.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
• Republicans on the committee condemned the inquiry, and at one point unsuccessfully moved to adjourn the hearing.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2019
• The disturbance happened when the committee adjourned without taking public comment.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• Lawmakers adjourned for the year Sept. 13 without passing either measure.
  — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2019
• Council members unanimously denied the claim and adjourned into closed session to discuss the matter privately.
  — Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, 18 Sep. 2019
• The delays Ahead of the plea deals, court had been adjourned since October 23, following a new mistrial motion by the defense.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
• About an hour after the meeting started, board members voted to adjourn and were escorted out by Central Falls police officers and state troopers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
• Trump, however, can bypass that confirmation process by adjourning Congress and installing his picks via recess appointments.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
• Congress will adjourn for the year on Dec. 10 and the Senate on Dec. 18.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2020
• Schumer said the Senate will not adjourn until the bill is passed.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2021
• By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• With the Legislature scheduled to adjourn for the year in two weeks, the time to act is short.
  — David Donovan, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
• The House will adjourn Dec. 10; the Senate adjourns Dec. 18.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2020
• First of all, the Democrats stood up and did dilatory actions, asked to adjourn.
  — CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
• Both the House and Senate were forced to adjourn and will not return to the Capitol until at least April 20.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2020
• The board voted 4-2 to adjourn even though there were still several items on the agenda.
  — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• The House is now voting to adjourn until Monday at noon.
  — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2023
• His bail has been extended, and the case has been adjourned until next month.
  — Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
• The House ended the day voting to adjourn until Friday.
  — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
• Greene filed a motion to adjourn the House Wednesday in an effort to delay passage of the bill.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2021
• After the Getty editor left the stand and the lawyers huddled at the bench with the judge, Burke announced that the trial was adjourned for the day.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020
• The Senate adjourned today in a pro forma and will gavel back in on April 16.
  — Lauren Peller, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2020
• The hearing has adjourned for today and will start again Friday.
  — Sergey Gudkov and Anna Chernova, CNN, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024