Sentence examples for Giving the floor from inspiring English sources

The president opened the session by giving the floor to the Party secretary of the Writers' Union.

"When something like this happens, we have to start a conversation," Mallory said, finally giving the floor to Ted Dempsey, who works for South Jersey Legal Services, for closing comments.

During convention debate on a variety of union business, Mr. Hoffa seemed to take pains to demonstrate democracy in action, often giving the floor to opponents after supporters of his had demanded that debate be cut off.

I found this inadequate, it was more like giving the floor a damp wipe than mopping.

This was recognized by the organizers of the GLF, giving the floor to one of the youth innovators at the closing plenary.

The Russian president praised the work of the Junior 8, and then called for questions, giving the floor first to the youths in Cairo.

There are mirrors on the ceiling and on the floor, like a sideways carnival funhouse, and this scheme succeeds in giving the floor-to-ceiling exhibition cases the illusion of infinite height and depth.

He gave the floor to Jacobson.

Again, Schmidt was given the floor for one minute.

Mike gives the floor a lick and a promise and throws on clean sawdust.

Pull down the shutters guys and give the floor staff the summer off.