Sentence examples for gavel over from inspiring English sources

Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt) chairs the panel for the Un Certain Regard sidebar; Jane Campion wields the gavel over on the Cinéfondation wing.

If it drags into the evening, council officials expect that the committee's chairman, Councilman Simcha Felder, a strong Bloomberg ally, to hand the gavel over to someone else, in observance of the Sabbath.

By the time Grassley turned the gavel over to his colleague Thom Tillis and departed, at 9 P.M., so that, he said, he could get enough sleep before his 4 A.M. run, the Democrats seemed to view Gorsuch with the same grudging skepticism that they had directed at Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during their confirmation hearings.

Susan McManigal of San Marino will present a check for $30,000, and Susan RalsturnscCormick thens the gavel over to new president Betsa Richards.

In this case you are willing to let the GOP hand the speaker's gavel over to their guy and wish him luck.

Watson, who's been described as the intersection of John Adams, Davy Crockett, and a velociraptor, said "Yuh-huh," which forced Dewhurst to hand the gavel over to Sen. Robert Duncan to preside over the landmark case, Did So v. Did Not.

After Upton took over the gavel, he oversaw the unveiling of Dingell's portrait in the committee room.

When it returned, Edward Morrison, the Mayor's repre sentative, took over the gavel, Mr. Garelik having gone to City Council meeting, quickly called the police to move some protesters.

As Republicans assumed control of the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress, outgoing speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) handed over her gavel to Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

Even Representative Dan Burton, the Republican chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, excused himself, handed over his gavel to a colleague and headed down the hallway for an appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live".

First, Mr. Holbrooke turned over his gavel and the Security Council spotlight to Vice President Al Gore, who many expect will appoint Mr. Holbrooke to be his secretary of state if he is elected president in the fall.