How to Use dissent in a Sentence

dissent

1 of 2 verb

• The Supreme Court, with two justices dissenting, ruled that the law was constitutional.
• The price of sovereignty rests on the backs of those who dissent.
  — New York Times, 17 Sep. 2021
• The two dissenting justices said the ruling was too broad.
  — Rachel La Corte, The Seattle Times, 12 July 2019
• The bill passed the Senate and the House without a dissenting vote.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 7 Apr. 2023
• One of the three appeals court judges filed a dissenting opinion.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Kenya Gibson represents the school on the board and was the lone dissenting vote.
  — Christopher Carbone, Fox News, 19 June 2018
• There was nothing in the prompt to suggest a dissenting view would be welcomed.
  — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
• When the men leave to post bail, the dissenting women meet in a barn to discuss the options the bishop did not give them.
  — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 26 June 2019
• Leone, a dissenting voice on council, seeks a sixth term.
  — azcentral, 1 June 2018
• There were some dissenting opinions in the writer's room.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 18 Oct. 2017
• Misra met with the dissenting judges, who continued on the bench.
  — Ashok Sharma, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
• The dissenting judge said that's just a crazy interpretation of the law.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 7 June 2018
• That means the fate of the bill comes down to what appears to be a handful of dissenting Republicans.
  — Li Zhou, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
• Many of these dissenting groups shared central tenets among themselves and with Luther as well.
  — Marilynne Robinson, New Republic, 12 Dec. 2017
• His many speeches have gone along with the status quo at the time, even as many of his colleagues have dissented in word or vote.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
• For the next decade, Holmes and Brandeis dissented in a steady stream of free speech cases.
  — John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 1 Oct. 2019
• The judge agreed, although Eiland dissented and said one week should be enough time.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
• The ordinance was passed with just one dissenting vote and more than half of council members as sponsors.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2019
• The nine justices were hardly in agreement, as two of them dissented in full and another in part.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 14 May 2018
• The two dissenting opinions and one concurring opinion revealed a wide gap between the judges.
  — New York Times, 14 May 2020
• Board member Joseph Mestnick is one of the dissenting votes.
  — Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2019
• Crandell cast the dissenting vote on Young’s motion to table.
  — Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
• The commission’s report said that there were dissenting opinions on the panel.
  — William Neuman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
• Whether the briefly dissenting senator possessed any turquoise balloons is not clear.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• This Court should intervene now while there are still dissenting voices left to save.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2020
• While most of the initial response to the new museum and library seems to be positive, there are a few dissenting voices in the mix.
  — Weston Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2017
• Malloy held the six-person commission and its three members who dissented in the case in contempt.
  — NBC News, 13 Jan. 2020
• Ziegler dissented in that case, but acknowledged what her colleagues had ruled.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2018
• Desmond and his colleague Joel Anderson were the dissenting votes.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• The two dissenting justices said the majority’s ruling was too broad.
  — USA TODAY, 15 July 2019

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dissent

2 of 2 noun

• These dissents come from prominent scientists and should not be ignored.
• Church leaders permitted no dissent from church teachings.
• He did everything in his power to suppress political dissent.
• She argued in her dissent that Congress had exceeded its authority.
• This was not a dissent on the merits of the Texas claim.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2020
• There are murmurs of assent and dissent from the crowd.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022
• But the dissent hasn’t only been contained to the walkout.
  — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 2 June 2020
• There is dissent, to be sure, and the pandemic is still present.
  — Elisabeth Eaves, Wired, 1 Oct. 2020
• The government has cracked down on dissent since protests swept the country.
  — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2020
• Are things getting worse for the right of expression and dissent?
  — Alice Speri, The Intercept, 16 May 2017
• There were no noted dissents to the decision not to review the law.
  — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
• Arms shot up in dissent, but only to get a rise out of the GM.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
• The three-member board approved the increase on a voice vote with no dissent.
  — Mike Cason, AL.com, 14 June 2017
• But chaos, player dissent and reports of mutiny is not a good look.
  — Tim Bannon, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
• So there was a musical world, and also a world of dissent?
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
• Lucero, in his dissent, wondered if his colleagues watched the same video as him.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
• Today, more protests in Russia as dissent hits the streets.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
• None of the Trump appointees noted a dissent in either case.
  — Nomaan Merchant and Alanna Durkin Richer, baltimoresun.com, 12 Dec. 2020
• Chinese censors have long been quick to quash any form of online dissent.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022
• The three liberal justices wrote a scathing dissent to the court's order.
  — Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
• That would put the onus on Boluarte to either resign or try to ride out the dissent.
  — Marcelo Rochabrun, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• Schoolchildren are not the only ones being asked to watch for dissent.
  — New York Times, 29 June 2021
• What is the state of free speech, dissent, and open inquiry on any given campus?
  — Greg Lukianoff, National Review, 1 July 2019
• From the start, the reform process was beset by dissent and infighting.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• The no-call set Johnson off on a tantrum, and he was hit with a yellow card for dissent.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 13 May 2018
• And without a clear plan from the top, debate and dissent at the grassroots level will only grow.
  — Ruby Osman, Time, 20 Apr. 2022
• There was no noted dissent from the court's unsigned order.
  — CBS News, 25 Nov. 2019
• There was no noted dissent from the court’s unsigned order.
  — Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• The court’s brief order gave no reasons, and there were no noted dissents.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• The three justices elected with backing from Democrats were in dissent.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024