How to Use congressman in a Sentence

congressman

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  • The video shows the congressman pushing past the deputies.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • With those words, the congressman got right to the heart of the final hearing of the summer.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 23 July 2022
  • The congressman said he was stunned by the thoughtful gift.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Moskowitz, the local congressman, said the mass tragedy has led to some change but more needs to be done.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • If the congressman was decent, the staff tended to act that way too.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The congressman was sitting on the side of his bed, rocking back and forth.
    — Bea Hines, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
  • His fingers were like two finger holes in the blade and lunged at the congressman.
    — Fox News, 22 July 2022
  • The congressman plans to hold a hearing this month on the decision.
    — Alander Rocha, al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The congressman got a second wind in the race after Trump jumped ship.
    — Hannah Knowles, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2022
  • Years ago, Cahn interned on the Hill for her congressman.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The congressman will continue to host town halls over the phone, Reed replied.
    — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Black twitter went off when the news hit, so much so that even a sitting congressman felt the need to weigh in.
    — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The John Lewis is named for the late congressman, a major figure in the nascent civil rights movement in the 1960s.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The skipper thought Goldfinger was quitting the Navy and complained to his congressman about life on the ship.
    — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • At the front desk, the congressman was asked to wait some 15 minutes before being told the MTA big was not in the building.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • The congressman’s stand-up set lasted about 8½ minutes and drew laughs as well as groans.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • The person then confronts the congressman and the two men get into a tussle.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • The congressman soon got to work serving his constituents.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
  • McCarthy has spent 16 years in the House and is currently in his ninth term as a congressman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The congressman did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That’s not to say the congressman isn’t miffed that the entire Republican ...
    — Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 10 Mar. 2024
  • There was a Republican congressman in the state of New York.
    — CBS News, 5 June 2022
  • George Santos is back on Capitol Hill, though not as a congressman this time.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Democratic congressman has the largest war chest of the three candidates, with about $4.1 million in cash on hand.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 June 2024
  • The congressman missed out on the first debate, which required candidates to meet a polling threshold of just 1%.
    — Alex Tabet, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The attacker climbed onto a low stage where the congressman spoke to a crowd of dozens, flanked by bales of hay and American flags.
    — Michelle L. Price, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022
  • To the congressman who that day told Robinson to be patient, Robinson asked whether Blacks had not been patient long enough.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The congressman said his wife recently used the AI in the Bing search engine using his name, and the results came back with falsehoods.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Garfield came to the White House as a dark horse candidate after a career as a scholar, war hero and congressman.
    — cleveland, 15 July 2022
  • But part way through his remarks, the congressman, 76, went abruptly silent for about 25 seconds, except for a few words.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025

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