How to Use amendment in a Sentence

amendment

noun

• The amendment to the defense bill failed in a 22-to-36 vote.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
• In 2020, the amendment failed to pass the statehouse by four votes.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2021
• The entire text of the amendment is on the ballot this year.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2020
• People don’t know about the last half of the amendment.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• Why are many doctors against the amendment to the bill?
  — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 May 2024
• Markey brought up the amendment but did not put it up for a vote.
  — Maria Curi, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
• Canavan warned, but the amendment squeaked through on a 5-4 vote.
  — Allan Vought, The Aegis, 12 June 2018
• The bill may end up being watered down in the amendment process.
  — David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN, 8 Oct. 2021
• An amendment could be made to lengthen the time down the line, if needed.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
• But the amendment might yet make it into the final bill.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 12 July 2019
• But a recent amendment takes the treaty a step further.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2021
• Three-quarters of states would then have to vote in favor for the amendment to pass.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• The 1986 amendments which revamped and modernized the law stemmed from the same fount.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
• Lisa, the amendment process could have been your friend on this one—it’d be way more poignant to write the name of your newest lover.
  — Ginny Hogan, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2021
• The bill, which already passed the House, will be sent back with minor amendments.
  — Cameron McWhirter, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
• The second amendment is about the right to defend yourself.
  — Mark Medina, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
• In his eyes, Thursday's amendment made a bad bill worse.
  — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2022
• In the Senate there are calls for specific amendments to the deal.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• Opponents said the amendment would have opened the door to new fees and costs to rooftop solar users.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 July 2018
• The bill was not going to pass without those last-minute amendments.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• But others were against the amendment, wary of its effect on the city budget.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 4 May 2021
• That’s one of the bases on which the Supreme Court can, in theory, strike down amendments to a Basic Law.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• The amendment failed to pass, and Keating was the lone vote against the resolution.
  — Sean Scott, The Enquirer, 29 June 2022
• But there is a way to enact term limits short of amendment.
  — Artemus Ward, The Conversation, 28 July 2022
• Here's a look at what each of the New Orleans home rule charter amendments would do.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
• The Wolf amendment, as it was later coined, has held for seven years.
  — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018
• Nick Miller, a Rivas spokesman, said leaders don’t plan to add the repeal amendments to all the bills.
  — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
• The Senate has passed their own version of the act without such an amendment.
  — Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2018
• Yet the final version of the legislation that the mayor signed days after the vote did not include Russell’s amendment.
  — Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
• Another amendment added in the Senate exempted a list of common rifles, some of which are used for hunting.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 19 Mar 2025