Example sentences for: filibuster

How can you use “filibuster” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The LAT and the NYT both include the threatened filibuster, but less prominently.

  • Robert Byrd's nearly successful attempt to use his power to filibuster to promote the decapitation by mining companies of mountains in West Virginia.

  • If Senate Republicans tack on a Nickles amendment, Democrats might even filibuster to block McCain-Feingold, which otherwise has their unanimous support.

  • The bill has strong support in the Senate, although the Post says a Democrat is threatening to filibuster.

  • The second paragraph of the WP piece examines a regionally motivated disagreement over dairy subsidies that very nearly incited a last-minute, all-night filibuster.


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