How to Use chamber in a Sentence

chamber

noun
Definition of chambernext
Synonyms for chambernext
  • There are four chambers in the human heart.
  • If the batteries are not properly installed in the chamber of the remote control, it won't work.
  • We waited for the senator outside the Senate chamber.
  • The U.S. legislature is separated into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  • But the efforts to force a vote on the bills failed in both chambers along party lines.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But a spokesperson for the chamber told The Times the city owns all the stars and the sidewalks they’re embedded in.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The chamber is slated to debate the package on June 15.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • One problem with this plan: The House is not the only chamber in Congress.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 June 2023
  • This level of support could set the stage for the upper chamber to advance the bill in the coming months.
    — Owen Tedford, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Place a few cups of ice into the chamber to clean a garbage disposal with ice.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
  • The church was told that the gun had a bullet jammed in the chamber, indicating the suspect may have tried to use it.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The upper chamber will have to move with uncommon speed to vote on that and send it to the House for approval before the end of the week.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The chamber will enter next month with a new person holding the gavel.
    — Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Those who leave the chamber during a session of the trial will need to keep their ticket to re-enter.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The chamber also had a hand in defending Georgia in the tri-state water wars.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, ajc, 31 July 2023
  • In the impeachment of Gov. James Ferguson in 1917, the governor chose to be in the chamber in person.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • Whether they’d been injected or not, the fish preferred the enriched chamber.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2023
  • Then the Democrats who had not yet voted began rushing into the chamber.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • That’s because the main sample chamber has yet to be opened, officials said.
    — Time, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The judge was supposed to invite him to her chambers for a personal meeting.
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Thomas is a godfather to one of Leo’s daughters and keeps a drawing by Margaret in his chambers.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The absences of nearly one-third of the House members means that the chamber will not be able to hold floor sessions, where the entire House debates and votes on bills.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The magazine of the Glock had six live 9mm rounds in a 15-round capacity magazine., with a live round in the chamber.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The GOP has only a five-seat majority in the lower chamber.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • The debris was consistent with the disastrous loss of the 22-foot-long vessel’s pressure chamber, the Coast Guard said.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • Then, air would be let back into the chamber, causing the lungs to deflate and allowing the patient to exhale.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • If all members of the current Congress are in the chamber to vote for a new speaker, that candidate will need at least 217 votes.
    — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • When Swezey offered up his home chamber in the 1950s, its use seemed somewhat practical.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The two appeared to pray for a short time, then Barber looked around the death chamber and towards the witness room and cracked a smile toward his advisor.
    — Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • Dozens of seats in the Kentucky statehouse are up for grabs this year as Republicans seek to maintain their grip on both chambers.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'chamber.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: