the House

noun

: the larger part of the U.S. Congress or of the Parliament of Australia or New Zealand : the House of Representatives

Examples of the House in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since those disclosures, Mandelson has resigned from the House of Lords and faces a police investigation for alleged misconduct in public office, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. —Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026

Legislation seeking to create a regulatory framework that would address key issues such as electricity and water use from massive data centers continues to move in the Florida Senate, while the House has yet to take similar action. —CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026

Among the dinner’s nearly 1,000 attendees, Burks said, were the Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson; future Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and then-Trump adviser and business mogul Elon Musk. —Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

After a committee in the House votes to introduce a bill, it is referred to a committee for a public hearing. —Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the House

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse