Example sentences for: off-year

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

  • 7 percent) for an off-year election, making the whole drama unspool like a Frank Capra movie: The little guys beat the fat cats, only the little guys were right-wing Republicans instead of good government liberals.

  • The New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial primary sent a trickle of voters in that state to the polls June 3. This off-year contest--between four-term Rep.

  • But in this week's off-year voting, the chief theme seems too strong and too weird to resist.

  • Pundits predicting a stalemate point out that (a) in an off-year Clinton won't be as eager to compromise as he was on welfare in 1996, and (b) House Democrats think a stalemate will work against the GOP during next year's congressional elections ( Capitol Gang's Al Hunt; NewsHour's Mark Shields; Late Edition's Steve Roberts; and This Week's George Stephanopoulos).

  • The scandals, plus the traditional off-year swing against the president's party, will drive voters toward clean-cut Republican candidates.


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