How to Use adjourn in a Sentence

adjourn

verb
  • The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
  • Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
  • The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
  • Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
  • So the lawyers and the judge agreed to adjourn until 1 p.m. Wednesday.
    — Carol Rosenberg, miamiherald, 30 Jan. 2018
  • This year, the session opened on Jan. 8 and will adjourn on June 4.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
  • Congress will adjourn for the year on Dec. 10 and the Senate on Dec. 18.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The band then played some more, and the Moodies adjourned to the pub, seeing what the rest of the world would soon find out, Edge said.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The House and Senate are scheduled to adjourn on March 29.
    — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Schumer said the Senate will not adjourn until the bill is passed.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2021
  • By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • With the Legislature scheduled to adjourn for the year in two weeks, the time to act is short.
    — David Donovan, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
  • The House will adjourn Dec. 10; the Senate adjourns Dec. 18.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 17 Nov. 2020
  • First of all, the Democrats stood up and did dilatory actions, asked to adjourn.
    — CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The couple talked for hours, later adjourning to the jazz club next door.
    — Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The group adjourned to a restaurant next door to celebrate over lunch.
    — Carolyne Zinko, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Both the House and Senate were forced to adjourn and will not return to the Capitol until at least April 20.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2020
  • The House adjourned before taking up the bills, which then could not be voted on in the Senate.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
  • With him out of the way, the Senate quickly got back on track and moved through dozens of bills before adjourning for the year.
    — CBS News, 1 July 2019
  • Lawmakers hope to complete their work for the year by March 23, and adjourn by March 27.
    — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The case came up for hearing Thursday but the court has adjourned the next hearing for July 16.
    — Nyay Bhushan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2018
  • The board voted 4-2 to adjourn even though there were still several items on the agenda.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • As the hearing was adjourned, Khalil turned back to wave and smile at the group of supporters and press that were trickling out of room.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The House is now voting to adjourn until Monday at noon.
    — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The House was not supposed to adjourn for the midterms until after the first two weeks of October.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Unable to muster a quorum, Tate adjourned the House early, on Dec. 19.
    — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
  • His bail has been extended, and the case has been adjourned until next month.
    — Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Self then adjourned the hearing as Keating stormed off.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The House ended the day voting to adjourn until Friday.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Twice a motion to adjourn had been offered—a motion always in order in other Houses, and doubtless so in this one also.
    — Don Delillo, Harpers Magazine, 5 May 2025

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