How to Use congress in a Sentence

congress

noun

• She was recently elected to the country's congress.
• The bill easily passed both houses of Congress.
• Congress is not currently in session.
• The next congress of the PCC should take place in 2021.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, 2 Mar. 2018
• The congress in Moscow is set to choose the host or hosts for the 2026 World Cup.
  — Fox News, 12 June 2018
• Investors are watching the congress for signs of where the party wants to go and how fast.
  — Time, Time, 18 Oct. 2017
• The president bowed to the congress, waved, and even joined in the applause himself.
  — Simon Denyer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• The youth congress was established in 1937 and grew, even through the upheaval of World War II.
  — Jeffrey Collins, The Seattle Times, 23 July 2018
• Le Pen told a cheering crowd at the end of the party’s annual congress in Lille.
  — New York Times, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• For many, Harris was all of those things and will remain so through her work as a member of congress.
  — Wired, 5 Dec. 2019
• All of congress has seen it, not just the special committees.
  — CBS News, 1 Feb. 2018
• Even Sirleaf had to admit this in an address to the Liberian congress this year.
  — Chude Jideonwo, CNN, 10 Oct. 2017
• Look at me, going to congress and speaking to the United Nations and building a brand.
  — Justine Harman, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018
• At a party congress in December the SPD must decide whether to do just that.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2019
• The great role, the only important one at the congress, was played by Stalin himself.
  — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
• At this congress, Mr Xi would have been expected to signal a choice of someone to take over from him.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• The incoming congress will be the first whose members are allowed to run for re-election.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• A few hundred people protested outside the building where the congress was held in Bucharest.
  — Andra Timu, Bloomberg.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• The congress found that between 30 to 50 percent of women who take only the first pill go on to carry their babies to term.
  — Sammy Caiola, sacbee, 23 May 2017
• Only weeks since she was elected into congress, Ilhan Omar is working to lift the ban on the hijab in the House.
  — Rebekka Ayres, Teen Vogue, 30 Nov. 2018
• The congress center plans to turn a portion of the old dome site into a luxury hotel.
  — Scott Trubey, ajc, 20 Apr. 2017
• Any changes to policy must be approved by congress, the challengers said.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 12 Sep. 2019
• This was a district that President Trump won by nearly 20 points, an area that hasn’t sent a Democrat to congress in over a decade.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2018
• The constitutional amendment, along with Xi's work report and a work report of the graft watchdog to the congress, were passed by a show of hands.
  — Author: Michael Martina, Philip Wen, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 Oct. 2017
• Earlier this month, the body of Abel Montufar, a candidate for congress from the state of Guerrero, was found in his truck.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 20 May 2018
• But the deal must be approved by SPD party members at a congress planned for January 21.
  — NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018
• The president will present his case to congress on December 21st.
  — The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
• Putin plans to invite all Syrian factions to a congress in Sochi early next year.
  — Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 4 Dec. 2017
• At the congress, Beam met with 12 other white power leaders and movement elders to craft a battle plan.
  — TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
• Even rich governments can’t commit that kind of cash, and often struggle to get respective congresses and parliaments to even sign off on modest amounts.
  — Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024