Sentence examples for held the floor from inspiring English sources

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You've held the floor for a while.

However, the trade minister, Emma Bonino, said the Pope already "held the floor morning and night".

Lev and Len weren't big talkers, so again I held the floor.

He was outraged and asked for the right to respond, but Omar held the floor, talking over him.

At the height of the twentieth century's calamities, Hugo's Romantic Republicanism could seem fragile and unconvincing; the Javerts then held the floor.

On Friday, the gavel was in the hands of Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Democrat of Maryland, while Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, held the floor.

"How to get and hold the floor".

Before 1917, senators could delay final votes on legislation by holding the floor and talking.

In the House of Lords chamber at the Palace of Westminster, Lord Harris of Haringey holds the floor.

This would prevent the Senate from conducting other business during a filibuster but would require filibusterers to hold the floor.

One study by a "deeply annoyed" professor, found that young women use "uptalk" to seek to hold the floor.