Example sentences for: nominees

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

  • Noting that 10 percent of federal judgeships are vacant and caseloads are rising, Rehnquist warned that "the Senate should act within a reasonable time to confirm or reject [nominees].

  • Some current nominees have been waiting a considerable time for a Senate Judiciary Committee vote or a final floor vote."

  • Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott argues that of 19 Clinton nominees confirmed this year, four are women; four Latino; and one African American.

  • Since Bork, partisan interest groups and grandstanding senators have freely challenged even obscure nominees.

  • "This year's nominees," wrote one newspaper critic recently, after noting that a single big-studio movie was in the running for an Oscar for best picture, "represent a triumph of independent films over Hollywood product."


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