How to Use minority leader in a Sentence

minority leader

noun

• There are times when the speaker has to cut a deal with the minority leader.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• That has opened the door for Christine Drazan, a former minority leader in the state House.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
• In 2011, Democrats lost the House, and Pelosi became minority leader.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
• Pelosi spent two decades as a leader of Democrats in the House—rising from whip to minority leader to speaker.
  — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
• The commission would be helmed by two co-chairs – one each selected by the speaker of the House and the House minority leader.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 July 2021
• The speaker isn't the only one putting pressure on the minority leader.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 9 Nov. 2021
• Yes, the former president is vain, and the House minority leader crossed him.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
• McCarthy will serve as minority leader for the next two years.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2021
• But there is no doubting the House minority leader's wish to play to a radical crowd.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 July 2021
• The Democrats’ loss of the Senate in 2014 demoted Mr. Reid to minority leader.
  — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
• McConnell might be forgiving of many things, but having to serve as the minority leader is not one of them.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
• Pelosi is the House speaker; Schumer is the Senate minority leader.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2020
• McClinton is the first Black woman to serve as the House minority leader.
  — Christen Smith, Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2020
• No, said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who agreed the costs of inaction were too high.
  — Tony Romm, Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
• The minority leader turned away from the podium and stood nearby while others took the microphone.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• All of this came after her decade in the Georgia state house, several of them as minority leader.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• Former Georgia state house minority leader and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams earned the 100th spot on the list.
  — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2020
• Enter Email Sign Up In total, the minority leader was silent for more than 20 seconds.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• Collins, of Maine, has worked to tweak the bill to respond to McConnell's concerns but the minority leader is still opposing the commission.
  — Jamie Gangel and Michael Warren, CNN, 27 May 2021
• Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer would like to see the $600 benefit extended through the end of the year as apart of a wider stimulus bill.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 31 July 2020
• Schmitt was the first this week to blast the minority leader while speaking at a campaign event in Columbia, Missouri, Wednesday.
  — Aubrie Spady, Fox News, 29 July 2022
• Scott, the House minority leader from Portsmouth, has come out for Lucas, calling her a mentor and voice for people who’ve been marginalized.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
• McConnell, the minority leader, signaled his support for the bill.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2024
• Hobbs was a member of the state House and Senate for six years and served as minority leader of the Senate for two years before running for her current office in 2018.
  — Bob Christie, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
• Then the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives walked in.
  — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
• Serving as both the majority and the minority leader, McCarthy has led Republicans in the House the past nine years.
  — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2023
• McCarthy has had to deal with detractors in the right-wing House Freedom Caucus as minority leader.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
• Much of it had to do with the fact that McCarthy was the House minority leader at the time and, by extension, one of the country’s most influential Republicans.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
• There’s no doubt that some female and minority leaders are held back and/or mismanaged.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• The intrigue: Hunley was elected assistant minority leader, and Pol will serve as caucus chair — leadership roles within the caucus below Taylor.
  — Arika Herron, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Jan 2025