How to Use full house in a Sentence
full house
noun- A hand with three kings and two tens is a full house.
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The bill now goes to the full House, then to the Senate.
—Tim Zorn, Post-Tribune, 5 June 2019
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The fund is up for a vote in the full House, where it’s expected to pass.
—Catherine Kim, Vox, 20 June 2019
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The bill will now move to the full House for consideration.
—NBC News, 27 June 2019
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The full House and Senate voted almost unanimously Monday to adopt the plan.
—Priyanka Dayal McCluskey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
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Carney said the session would resume Monday July 22 when the full House would cast its crucial vote on the bill.
—Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2019
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Wednesday’s vote marks the first time the full House has passed a criminal contempt resolution for members of the Trump administration.
—Ella Nilsen, Vox, 17 July 2019
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Ordinarily, an effort to enforce a subpoena or hold an administration official in contempt would call for a vote of the full House.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 22 June 2019
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House and Senate have agreed to create an eight-person working group to hear testimony and make recommendations to the full House and Senate.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2019
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For the first time since 2019, the Ravens had a full house for a home game.
—Barry Wilner, ajc, 20 Sep. 2021
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Our team — and the visiting team — would play in front of a full house.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Mar. 2021
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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
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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
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His standing, in fact, explains the reason for the full house.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
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Ninth with the full orchestra, a full chorus and a full house.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2022
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Spectators in the gallery have remained quiet and the full house has made the room quite warm.
—Julianne McShane, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
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But the small struggles were a fine exchange for having a full house.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
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With a full house, the outcome of this game could be much different.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2020
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That is, if a full house is allowed and concerts and tractor pulls are a go.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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This free concert is often a full house, so come early to get a seat.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
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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
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Koenig told a full house of admirers, who embraced his band like one of their own.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2019
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By June 15, if all goes well, the scene could look quite different — with the first truly full house in a very, very long time.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
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If there was a full house in normal times, fans might have poured out of the seats, just to be close to Yuto Horigome, a young hometown hero.
—Sean Gregory/tokyo, Time, 25 July 2021
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Farley praised the full house for showing up to listen and hopefully spread the word.
—George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
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Doing it before a full house and in the final days of Klopp's nearly nine-year tenure would be a fitting way for the German to depart.
—Steve Douglas, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
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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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