Sentence examples for the speaker were from inspiring English sources

It was as if the speaker were talking underwater with his mouth closed.

As a result, many Labour MPs broadly supportive of the Speaker were absent.

By fall, the president and the speaker were working closely on a bipartisan plan to encourage investment in cities and rural towns with high unemployment rates.

If the speaker were to move on a stopgap spending bill now, without conservative policy priorities attached, it would most likely pass with Republican and Democratic votes.

Centuries of political impartiality demanded of the Speaker were rolled back in spectacular fashion by Mr Bercow yesterday, as he described the far-right party as "evil", adding that it was a "poison which we could well do without".

But in an indication perhaps of how closely the mayor and the speaker were working, Ms. Quinn used the word "together" at least five times in making the argument that Mr. Bloomberg and the City Council should have an opportunity to stay in office four more years.

The speaker was nonplussed.

The speaker was Thomas Stearns Eliot.

The speaker was Chancellor George Osborne.

The speaker was Gabriele Baring.

The Speaker is considering the matter.