Below you will find example sentences with "senate floor". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Senate Floor in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: senate
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.3 words

Words in this phrase

senate floor

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • senate can mean: In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber. Frequent word
  • floor can mean: The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 0 start, 9 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

on the senate floor 4× from the senate floor in an 1× on the senate floor as he 1× on the senate floor before the 1× on the senate floor by a 1× on the senate floor for a 1× on the senate floor israel is 1× on the senate floor right before 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all 12 senate 1× an ethics watchdog 1× as senate majority 1× it cleared the 1× mcconnell has been 1× minnesota sen david 1×

Common sentence endings:

the senate floor 8× 26 5 vote 1× before the vote 1× for the senate 1× importance of civility 1× is in session 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

leader 10× vote 7× majority 6× mcconnell 6× session 5× committee 5× mitch 4× paul 3× minority 3× friday 3× washington 3× gazelka 2×

Related phrases

first floor senate president senate majority ground floor senate democrats senate minority senate bill third floor senate judiciary top floor

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around senate:

senate president 20× senate majority 20× senate democrats 12× senate minority 12× senate bill 11× senate judiciary 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

senate democrats senate bill sen tim sen john sen elizabeth sen bernie

Just after it in the phrase index:

senate judiciary senate majority senate minority senate presidency senate president senator bernie

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

senate president senate majority senate democrats senate minority senate bill senate judiciary

Same ending:

first floor ground floor third floor top floor dance floor ocean floor

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "senate floor" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 28.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as on the senate floor, from the senate floor in an, leader, vote and majority stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, senate president, senate majority, senate president, senate majority and senate democrats, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with senate floor

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The Oregon State Senate read on the senate floor. (9 words)

As Senate Majority Leader, he is central in setting Republican legislative priorities and scheduling time on the Senate floor. (19 words)

Washington’s decision comes just days after the Senate Commerce Committee, which is vetting his nomination, to advance Washington to the Senate floor. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell responded critically to Schumer’s speech, saying in his own remarks on the Senate floor, “Israel is not a colony of America whose leaders serve at the pleasure of the party in power in Washington. (40 words)

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Baxter talks with Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury on the Senate Floor before the start of a session in St. Paul, Minn, on Friday, June 12, 2020. (35 words)

Minnesota Sen. David Tomassoni, D-Chisholm, at left, and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, at right, chat on the Minnesota Senate floor during a Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, special legislative session. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Baxter talks with Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury on the Senate Floor before the start of a session in St. Paul, Minn, on Friday, June 12, 2020.

At 1 p.m. on Sunday, the Senate came back into session, with McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, trading barbs – and assigning blame for the shutdown – on the Senate floor.

He will make the Senate and the country proud,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor right before the vote.

An ethics watchdog group on Friday asked the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for using footage from the Senate floor in an ad announcing his run for the Senate.

The bill first passed the Senate transportation committee on a unanimous 5-0 vote then went onto pass third reading on the Senate floor by a 26-5 vote.

The Oregon State Senate read on the senate floor.

Washington’s decision comes just days after the Senate Commerce Committee, which is vetting his nomination, to advance Washington to the Senate floor.

On February 7, Senate Bill No. 2534, which seeks a P100 daily minimum wage hike for private sector workers, reached the Senate floor.

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Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell responded critically to Schumer’s speech, saying in his own remarks on the Senate floor, “Israel is not a colony of America whose leaders serve at the pleasure of the party in power in Washington.

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III stood up later on the Senate floor to raise their “ability to discharge” their functions given the hot conditions in the session hall.

And in the Senate, members in rooms adjacent relayed votes to staff in the chamber and those who wanted to speak waited their turn to walk onto the Senate floor.

McConnell has been conducting his regular business in the Senate this week, including delivering speeches on the Senate floor as he usually does when the chamber is in session.

Minnesota Sen. David Tomassoni, D-Chisholm, at left, and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, at right, chat on the Minnesota Senate floor during a Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, special legislative session.

On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stood on the Senate floor surrounded by empty seats and began praising Trump’s leadership decision.

The operative question, though, is whether so many Republicans want to vote on a censure resolution that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) lets one come up on the Senate floor.

The Senate Finance Committee approved the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, sending it to the Senate floor for a full vote, where it is expected to pass easily.

All 12 Senate Democrats have said they would not support his nomination, which means they have enough votes to block his confirmation if it reaches the Senate floor.

As one of the first female Republicans to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I felt called to go to the Senate floor to defend the process and state the importance of civility.

As Senate Majority Leader, he is central in setting Republican legislative priorities and scheduling time on the Senate floor.

It cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 12-0 vote the following day and was on the Senate floor for a vote the next.

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