Yeas is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Yeas meaning
plural of yea
Using Yeas
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of yea
- In the example corpus, yeas often appears in combinations such as: was yeas, yeas to, yeas and.
Context around Yeas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yeas
- In this selection, "yeas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 221, 229, 213 and ago stand out and add context to how "yeas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are merely yeas and nays and been 16 yeas since s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yeas" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yeas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The vote, on Dec. 11, was unanimous with 407 yeas. (10 words)
The vote, on April 28, was 221 yeas to 202 nays. (11 words)
The vote, on July 19, was 229 yeas to 205 nays. (11 words)
And although almost every Republican in the New York delegation has called on Santos to resign, even if they’d all voted in favor of expulsion, the yeas would still be far short of the required supermajority. (37 words)
Even floor votes are merely yeas and nays—listening for who has more votes rather than an organized roll call—meaning constituents often don’t know how their representatives voted, Act on Mass points out. (35 words)
Tuchel is understood to be keen on a return to the Premier League where he enjoyed a successful period in charge of Chelsea, famously leading them to a Champions League triumph three yeas ago. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
And although almost every Republican in the New York delegation has called on Santos to resign, even if they’d all voted in favor of expulsion, the yeas would still be far short of the required supermajority.
On this vote, the yeas are 336, the nays are 95. Two-thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended.
She contends there was no retaliation then, but reprisals began three yeas later under a new principal.
The vote, on April 28, was 221 yeas to 202 nays.
The vote, on July 19, was 229 yeas to 205 nays.
The vote, on June 21, was 221 yeas to 206 nays, with a two-thirds majority required.
The vote, on March 24, was 213 yeas to 208 nays.
The vote, on Nov. 1, was 46 yeas to 51 nays.
Even floor votes are merely yeas and nays—listening for who has more votes rather than an organized roll call—meaning constituents often don’t know how their representatives voted, Act on Mass points out.
It’s been 16 yeas since ’s Pyramid Stage but a return is finally ‘on the cards’.
The vote, on Dec. 11, was unanimous with 407 yeas.
The vote, on June 13, was 215 yeas to 206 nays.
The vote, on June 27, was 269 yeas to 144 nays.
Tuchel is understood to be keen on a return to the Premier League where he enjoyed a successful period in charge of Chelsea, famously leading them to a Champions League triumph three yeas ago.
According to sources, Rashmi Ranjan had married Sarita three yeas ago and the couple has a two -year-old son.
The vote, on Feb. 12, was 54 yeas to 41 nays.
The vote, on July 1, was 233 yeas to 188 nays.
The vote, on June 29, was 230 yeas to 179 nays.
The vote, on Sept. 22, was 49 yeas to 44 nays.
The vote to go to conference, on May 28, was 284 yeas to 122 nays.
Common combinations with yeas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was yeas 13×
- yeas to 13×
- yeas and 4×
- the yeas 3×
- three yeas 3×
- yeas ago 2×