Sentence examples for with a gavel from inspiring English sources

A jubilant Mr. Kennedy presented Mr. McAuliffe with a gavel made of wood from the U.S.S.

Mr. Bush's picture appears again, along with a gavel and the words "Bush's Goal / End Legal Abortion".

With a gavel and laptop, the post's commander, Beth Maddigan, an Army reservist who served with Ms. Roll in Oman, led the meeting.

Borrowing the TV trial format from the right honourable Judge Judy, he presides over his courtroom with a gavel of steel.

I read the article ["New Guys on the Block: Getting a Date With a Gavel," Feb. 13] and it sounds like a lot of fun.

His father was a leading force behind the Social Security Act of 1935, and Mr. Dingell presided over the passage of Medicare three decades later, with a gavel that still sits on his desk.

But no Republican was seen waving the contract in the air in protest last week when the new Congress convened with a gavel-quick rules change quietly eliminating the four-term limit on the House speakership.

We'll have you covered with a gavel-to-gavel livestream that will go live here at 1 p.m. Pacific.

The Republican National Convention opened at around 2 P.M. this afternoon, with Reince Priebus banging a gavel a few times, pronouncing that, pursuant to Party rules, it had begun; setting into motion a clock meant to mark the increase in the national debt during the proceedings; and then a few more bangs, and it was over for the day, before the clock had a chance to hit six digits.

Under ornate marble pillars hung with tasselled red velvet, proceedings kicked off with a clerk banging a gavel and bellowing: "Oyez!

That business, with the bang of a gavel, was the Swiss parliament amending their tax treaty with the United States.