How to Use full house in a Sentence

full house

noun
  • A hand with three kings and two tens is a full house.
  • The measure is expected to be taken up by the full House on Friday.
    Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The full House budget proposal is expected to move from the finance committee to a vote on the floor next week.
    Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The measure would then need approval of the full House and Senate before the legislative session ends Wednesday.
    Kaitlin L Lange, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The bill still needs to go through the Rules Committee so that it can be voted on in the full House without more advanced notice — in mere minutes rather than hours.
    Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Yet those disappointments felt far off Wednesday as the singer played to a nearly full house of very excited fans, many of whom looked to be around Lorde's age of 21.
    Mikael Wood, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The rules panel did not vote Monday on whether to move the bill out of committee for consideration by the full House of Delegates.
    Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • That committee could make a report of bad behavior public, and could recommend the full House reprimand, censure, or expel a member.
    Joshua Miller and Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The Legislature’s elaborate but hurried response to the massacre heads to the full House in the days ahead, and opposition is growing.
    Steve Bousquet, miamiherald, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The bill now goes to the full House, then to the Senate.
    Tim Zorn, Post-Tribune, 5 June 2019
  • For the first time since 2019, the Ravens had a full house for a home game.
    Barry Wilner, ajc, 20 Sep. 2021
  • And Bon Jovi was the last band to play for a full house Sunday night.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The fund is up for a vote in the full House, where it’s expected to pass.
    Catherine Kim, Vox, 20 June 2019
  • Those rules would still need approval from the full House.
    Washington Post, 22 May 2018
  • Not that the less than full house affected the 100 minute show.
    Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 30 June 2018
  • Our team — and the visiting team — would play in front of a full house.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Mar. 2021
  • To go up there with a full house, facing the best pitcher in the country.
    Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2018
  • Maybe the Rangers were a little jacked up to play in front of a full house for the first time in nearly two years.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • At that game, perhaps for the final time in months, Chelsea will play in front of a full house.
    New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • His standing, in fact, explains the reason for the full house.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The full House is scheduled to take up the spending measure this week.
    Naomi Nix, Bloomberg.com, 26 June 2018
  • Ninth with the full orchestra, a full chorus and a full house.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2022
  • Join me next week to see if the outdoor plan comes together in time for the full house.
    Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
  • Spectators in the gallery have remained quiet and the full house has made the room quite warm.
    Julianne McShane, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But the small struggles were a fine exchange for having a full house.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • With a full house, the outcome of this game could be much different.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The full House is expected to vote to send her for trial in the Senate soon.
    The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • That is, if a full house is allowed and concerts and tractor pulls are a go.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Alamo will have a full house for this event, but there were still a few ducats remaining as of Thursday morning.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • It's been full houses every night, and just so much amazing energy and love and just excitement.
    Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024

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