nay

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday the House and Senate passed the Epstein files bill with only one nay vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

The fans are going wild, the naysayers are saying nay and the rest of us are left holding the bag.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

It’s not easy, but it’s possible — nay, necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

He represented a solidly anti-suffrage district in the mountains of Tennessee, and in the first round, his vote had been a nay.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling