How to Use congresswoman in a Sentence

congresswoman

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  • Friends wrote to the township’s congresswoman to ask for help and dropped off soup and meals.
    — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Horn, who had been married to the five-term congresswoman for 20 years, was 68.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This is not the first time the congresswoman’s personal life has been brought to light in the public sphere.
    — Peyton Sorosinski, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Slotkin’s campaign responded that the congresswoman planned to purchase a home in Lansing once the terms of the lease were up the week of the election.
    — Julie Tsirkin, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Adams took the unusual step of calling out the congresswoman by name.
    — Terry Spencer, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • My boss at the time was Pramila Jayapal, who’s now a congresswoman out of Seattle.
    — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There is no evidence the congresswoman made any such remark, and her spokesperson said the claim is false.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Here, her dispatch from her first week as a congresswoman.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
  • That's when Dre's lawyers served the Florida congresswoman a cease and desist.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Yet the two-term Colorado congresswoman is either in denial or doesn’t care about all the warning lights going off.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The three-term congresswoman was also the chief of the Orlando Police Department for 18 years.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Caruso poured more than $100 million of his own money into his campaign, which spent about ten times as much as the congresswoman.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Porter, a three-term congresswoman from a swing district in Orange County, ran as an outsider looking to shake things up.
    — Marisa Lagos, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In the wake of the 2018 midterms, the young congresswoman was sick of commuting to Washington from upstate New York and weary of dialing for campaign dollars.
    — Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The congresswoman spoke with GMA 3 on Monday to reflect on the shooting and how the community is healing from the incident.
    — ABC News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • But the congresswoman remains optimistic: People in red states need long-term care, too.
    — Paula Span, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The former congresswoman’s remarks, in an annual address to City Council on the state of the city, came roughly four months into her first term.
    — Michael R. Blood, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Hamlin trapped her, grabbed her neck, slammed her into a metal wall and punched her in the face, the congresswoman wrote, causing a cut to her lip, bruises and days of soreness and discomfort.
    — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Since her election in 2018, the congresswoman, who has family living in the West Bank, has been the leading voice for Palestinian rights in Congress.
    — Charles Homans, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • DePape, 42, allegedly broke into the home around 2 a.m. and demanded to know where the congresswoman was.
    — CBS News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Hannah in emerald green and the congresswoman in sapphire blue, proof that the politicians in this town still have the capacity for delight and wonder.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The congresswoman, 68, was treated for a concussion and a laceration to her head.
    — oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The congresswoman came with a message, delivered via her strapless gown.
    — Zach Everson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The source cautioned that the congresswoman didn’t announce a Senate campaign — only her intention to run.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The race for his Assembly seat pits the incumbent’s wife against the son of a congresswoman along with three other community activists.
    — Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • After Bass won, Harris swore the former congresswoman in as the city’s first female mayor and second Black mayor.
    — Benjamin Oreskesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In the time since, the 33-year-old congresswoman has climbed the ranks in the upper chamber, serving as the vice-ranking member on the Oversight Committee and forging bonds with members of the Democratic caucus.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Tangent The turmoil in Boebert’s personal life comes as the firebrand congresswoman attempts to run for re-election in a new district.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Kelsey Perkins, a district director for Clark’s office, attended the rally in the congresswoman’s stead and read a statement on her behalf.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Biden made a campaign speech Monday in South Carolina and visited Texas the same day to honor a deceased congresswoman.
    — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024

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