How to Use full house in a Sentence

full house

noun
Definition of full housenext
  • Alamo will have a full house for this event, but there were still a few ducats remaining as of Thursday morning.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • Should the full House vote to impeach Trump, the president will be tried in the Senate.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Committee Democrats are likely to do so, possibly in time for the full House to vote by the end of the year.
    — Tal Kopan, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The committee would decide whether to draft articles of impeachment and vote on whether to send them to the full House for a vote to impeach the president.
    — Fortune, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Delgado was added to the House roster when her paperwork was filed with the clerk’s office, setting up a potential face-off with the full House.
    — Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Graham and other Republicans have complained both about the lack of a full House vote to begin the probe and that the testimony has thus far largely not been public.
    — Time, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Voting is expected in a matter of days in the Judiciary Committee and by Christmas in the full House.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2019
  • For the first time since 2019, the Ravens had a full house for a home game.
    — Barry Wilner, ajc, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Schiff was the last to speak for the Democrats before the full House voted.
    — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Our team — and the visiting team — would play in front of a full house.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Mar. 2021
  • At home, Samu’s got a full house with Rebe and Mencía sleeping on his couch.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
  • Maybe the Rangers were a little jacked up to play in front of a full house for the first time in nearly two years.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • At that game, perhaps for the final time in months, Chelsea will play in front of a full house.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • His standing, in fact, explains the reason for the full house.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Ninth with the full orchestra, a full chorus and a full house.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2022
  • With White due back Friday in Atlanta, the Spurs will have a full house in the backcourt again.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • The full House could vote on the articles as early as next week.
    — The Economist, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Spectators in the gallery have remained quiet and the full house has made the room quite warm.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But the small struggles were a fine exchange for having a full house.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • With a full house, the outcome of this game could be much different.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2020
  • That is, if a full house is allowed and concerts and tractor pulls are a go.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The full House is expected to vote on the measure in coming days.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Noblezada plays to a full house at times, rather than to the camera, and the script leaves no stone unturned.
    — Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • That’s likely more than enough for a full house of ice chompers in a hot climate.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Rookie Alec Pierce beat Rodgers off of the line and out-ran him to a deep ball, prompting enormous cheers from the full house.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022
  • The singer shrugged off a missed note and had to restart after she got tangled in the lyrics, but neither Smith nor the full house seemed to mind.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Candace Cameron Bure said there's no room for beef in her full house.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 27 July 2022
  • This free concert is often a full house, so come early to get a seat.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Across the street, while a mob of actors moved in sync down the avenue to a song, Harry’s Burger Bar had a full house.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • It's been full houses every night, and just so much amazing energy and love and just excitement.
    — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024

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