How to Use dissenting in a Sentence

dissenting

adjective

• Kling cast the lone dissenting vote in approving the overall changes to the council bylaws.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2021
• Petersburg, cast the sole dissenting vote in the Senate.
  — Gray Rohrer, sun-sentinel.com, 18 May 2021
• The third member of the panel, Judge Josephine L. Staton, issued a fiery dissenting opinion.
  — Time, 19 Jan. 2020
• Zucchet was the sole dissenting vote, arguing that the three-week turnaround period was too brief.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
• Some have shared their dissenting views in a private digital chat room that has already amassed hundreds of members.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
• But crushing dissenting speech is a grave problem, regardless of which party wields the gavel.
  — Orange County Register Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2017
• Thousands of Utah state employees have been working from home for months during the pandemic and, under a bill that cleared the Legislature without a single dissenting vote, more will be asked to do so on bad air days.
  — Marina McNairy, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021
• Although most experts admit that our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this disease remains largely hidden to us, the instinct to shut down dissenting views is a strong as ever.
  — Pradheep J. Shanker, National Review, 28 Apr. 2020
• Keith Carson, president of the Board of Supervisors, was the lone dissenting vote on the resolution, sayng the county needs to spend its money on hospitals and social service programs.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2021
• Councilman Jerry Cano cast the dissenting vote without comment during last week’s council meeting.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
• District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry cast the sole dissenting vote in committee.
  — Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• The cable shows’ panels of journalists commenting on the latest Trump outrage du jour rarely include a dissenting voice: The president is a scoundrel, his actions are indefensible, and his ultimate doom is certain.
  — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 1 Feb. 2018
• And while Mr Trump has never hidden his allergy to multilateralism, today his cabinet has fewer dissenting voices.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• Since voucher recipients decide which candidates get this money based on their political preferences, the speech tax undermines dissenting views and entrenches popular ones.
  — Ethan Blevins, National Review, 14 July 2017
• Supervisor Katrina Foley cast the sole dissenting vote.
  — Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021
• The American university is where intellectuals with dissenting views are silenced — even physically assaulted — by mobs.
  — John Kass, Twin Cities, 4 May 2017
• Unsurprisingly, the curriculums are severely biased with dissenting views unwelcome.
  — Steven Glick, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017

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