come to order
Example Sentences
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So why did this hearing come to order?
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025
“The Senate will come to order and the clerk will read a communication to the Senate,” said Rubio.
From Fox News • Aug. 28, 2019
"People come to order things after work," said Shen, 52.
From Reuters • Jul. 30, 2015
I see, instead, a hapless substitute teacher whose unruly class refuses to come to order.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2015
"Oh, no," said Finnegan, according to his usual manner, "I was just whistling through my teeth, gargling my larynx, trilling——" Crash came the gavel and the law spoke forth: "Mr. Finnegan will come to order?"
From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo