Clearly miffed, the congressman muttered "slippery when dry" before ceding the floor.
"Although if the administration is in chaos, they sure are getting a lot done," Doocy quipped, ceding the floor to Trump.
"These governments are ceding the floor to more radical voices," said Juliette de Rivero, the Geneva advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.
Faced with the two-term governor's popularity and strong name-recognition, the strongest likely Democratic candidate, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, quickly announced that she was staying out of the race, essentially ceding the floor to King.
"The filmmaking is rough and rather clumsy, but by ceding the floor to his open, highly articulate sisters, Mr. Colvard has created a fascinatingly raw study of ferociously wielded male power".
Winfrey is mostly an unseen presence, ceding the floor to the host, Nate Berkus, a designer and a regular on her talk show, and the judges, all of whom have hands-on philanthropic experience: the football player Tony Gonzalez, Malaak Compton-Rock, the wife of Chris Rock, and Jamie Oliver, the young English chef who has revolutionized school-lunch programs in his country.
So Love ceded the floor to him.
Then all ceded the floor to Tamara Riewe.
On this point, I cede the floor to an eloquent reader, Peter Kehoe Dear Ms. Sullivann, Congratulations on your appointment as Public Editor.
But let us all cede the floor and bow down to Mike Meehall Wood, and this slice of magnificence.
After welcoming the audience, Mr. Muzijevic ceded the floor to Geoff Nuttall and Livia Sohn, vital young violinists who happen to be married.
