Sentence examples for a recess when from inspiring English sources

The Senate should not be cut out of the confirmation process so easily.The panel went further, noting that the Founding Fathers referred to "the recess", not "a recess", when circumscribing the president's powers.

The customary prayer and pledge of allegiance went ahead, but Poe banged the gavel several times in vain and was forced to call a recess when Democrats refused to leave the well.

"Holding hearings during a recess, when members cannot attend, fails to meet our constitutional advice-and-consent obligations," their Oct. 15 letter says.

During a summer recess when most high school students would rather do little more than just hang out, these 13 young women and 12 young men spent the last three weeks at the Council on Foreign Relations listening to lectures and taking part in workshops on issues like global warming, China's economic juggernaut, Darfur, child prostitution, international law and world trade.

The House vote Wednesday and Senate passage of the Democratic plan give the parties some political cover during an August recess when each will blame the other for an economic crisis expected in January when more than $500 billion in tax cuts are set to lapse.

Democrats took a thumping during the 2009 summer recess, when lawmakers faced tea party activists at town hall meetings during the height of the health care debate.

Girls were also asked to wear an ActiGraph GT3X during the recess when they were observed.

House Republicans will announce their proposal a few days before the spring recess, when Democrats plan to hit the issue hard in political events around the country.

It's in many ways a rerun of the 2009 August recess, when Democrats suffered similar treatment at the hands of the Tea Party.

Moreover, children spend an estimated 2.5 to 3 hours outdoors each day; part of that time is during recess when they have a greater opportunity for midday sun exposure [ 14].

Judith Symonds, an instructional aide at the school, started the knitting program last year as a winter activity, something to do at recess when the playground was too wet or frozen.