How to Use parliamentarian in a Sentence

parliamentarian

noun

• As the speaker of the house read it aloud, parliamentarians cheered.
  — Aryn Baker, Time, 6 Sep. 2019
• The parliamentarian has said that the Senate process needs to be wrapped up by the end of the month.
  — Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2017
• The breakfast in Churchill’s home is his last as a parliamentarian.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• The state party sent its parliamentarian to shut the meeting down.
  — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• His brother was also taken and has not been heard from, the parliamentarian said.
  — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
• The parliamentarian is the arbiter of whether policies comply with the rules.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• The Senate parliamentarian is poised to determine whether the bill will add to the deficit.
  — Cate Martel, The Hill, 2 June 2025
• That’s the argument that advocates are gonna have to make to the parliamentarian.
  — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
• Could a package along these lines get past the Senate parliamentarian?
  — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 28 July 2017
• The Senate parliamentarian agreed and ruled the changes must be removed.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2018
• The parliamentarian’s review has been under way and could drag into the weekend.
  — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• Senate parliamentarian ruled that three minor provisions in the bill did not comply with strict budget rules and would have to be stripped out.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017
• Senators in both parties have called for the parliamentarian to be overruled in recent years.
  — Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 26 June 2025
• Whether the procedure can be used for a bill, or some of its components, is up to the Senate parliamentarian.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
• The only person who knows the answer for sure is the Senate parliamentarian.
  — John McCormack, National Review, 13 June 2019
• But the measure was blocked by the Senate parliamentarian.
  — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
• That's a subjective call that will be up to MacDonough, the parliamentarian, to make.
  — Alan Fram, ajc, 13 July 2021
• The real estate agent straightened and smoothed his hair with his hands, then broke into a wide grin as a female parliamentarian entered with two bodyguards in tow.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
• The parliamentarian still needs to render rulings on the tax and Medicaid provisions that make up the core of the bill.
  — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 26 June 2025
• But lawmakers were blocked at the door, under a ruling from Schiff and the House parliamentarian.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2019
• No Deal parliamentarians can keep Boris Johnson in as prime minister and vote against him.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 11 Sep. 2019
• To meet that goal, Democrats plan to present their new drug pricing proposal as soon as this week to the Senate’s parliamentarian, the sources said.
  — Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022
• When the votes are in, the new parliamentarians split into groups, with the biggest electing the prime minister and forming a new government.
  — Keiran Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• While the Senate parliamentarian has yet to rule on the exact deadline, congressional staff and observers have a good idea of it.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
• The final decision will rest with the Senate parliamentarian, who will rule whether the wage proposal can stay in the package.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021
• And that’s before the Senate parliamentarian weighs in.
  — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
• That means that some provisions Democrats may want to include may have to sunset in order to pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian.
  — Lauren Fox, CNN, 9 June 2021
• Who says that the House overruling, the House parliamentarian his argument is, is a slippery slope.
  — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The bill will also need to be reviewed by the Senate’s parliamentarian to ensure that its provisions adhere to rules for the budget process.
  — Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2017
• Mr Renzi, who still enjoys the backing of most of the PD’s parliamentarians, wants an entente.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019