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Example sentences for "several members"

  • Several members objected to the motion, declaring it not in order.

  • Mr. CHASE:--A vote by States was called for by several members.

  • Objections and cries of "No, no," were made by several members.

  • A vote by States was asked by several members.

  • Several members of the family of Lemurs have produced hybrids in the Zoological Gardens.

  • If this were known, it could hardly be accomplished, for such is the distrust of several members of the cabinet that the people would revolt.

  • I have been requested by several members of Congress to prepare a bill, establishing a passport office by law.

  • Sometimes they are multiple, and they may be met with in several members of the same family.

  • It may occur in several members of the same family.

  • It is sometimes met with in several members of one family.

  • Several members of the Legislature spoke and reports were received from all the New England States.

  • Several members of the Legislature took part in the exercises, which were entirely of a suffrage character.

  • Mr. Robert Steward had caused the Attorney-General to serve writs on several members of the Town Council, with a view to testing the validity of the renewal of leases by that body under a custom then in force in the town.

  • Several members rose to speak on this question, when Mr. AMES moved the adjournment, fearing gentlemen would grow warm upon the question.

  • Similar meetings were held in other localities which were attended by several members of the community, the result being, as is well known, the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act.

  • From Ancona, as has been stated, several members of the Montefiore family came to Leghorn, from which city at a very early period they emigrated to England.

  • Several members of the committee went on board to welcome them on their arrival, I among the number.

  • The rising Jewish generation was, therefore, not well acquainted with the language into which the prayers had been translated, and hence the desire of several members of the community to replace it by the English tongue.

  • These three persons, thus accused, were brought to the bar of the house, notwithstanding the strenuous remonstrances of several members, who opposed this method of proceeding, as a species of oppression equally arbitrary and absurd.

  • This bill, having passed the lower house, engaged in a very particular manner the attention of the lords, who, by divers messages to the house of commons, desired the attendance of several members.

  • From a misplaced prejudice against institutions sanctioned by experience, all the great executive duties had been devolved either on committees of congress, or on boards consisting of several members.

  • Several members of that body entered the lists as disputants, and employed their pens with ability and success, as well in serious argument, as in rousing the various passions which influence the conduct of men.

  • The tendency of Fox's speech was severely reprehended by several members, but he nevertheless continued his opposition.

  • Several members spoke in favour of the amendment; and Pitt rose with excited feelings to reply.

  • In 1897 Mr. Maple received a complimentary vote on the part of several members of the state legislature for the office of United States senator.

  • Several members of the expedition went to Salem and wintered there, and in the early spring of 1853 Mercer and Dexter Horton came to Seattle and decided to make it their home.

  • For these details the present writer is indebted to several members of the Whelpton family, with some of whom he was a fellow pupil at the Horncastle Grammar School.

  • Several members of the family were Seneschals, or Stewards, of Wakefield.

  • Particularly at the beginning, the attitude of several members of the "Council of Churches" showed a lack of determination.

  • Several members of the Cimade were active as guides, bringing refugees through the mountains to safety in Switzerland.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "several members" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    felt confident; good constitution; iron pyrites; keep well; must proceed; several days; several distinct; several families; several gentlemen; several hundreds; several instances; several letters; several members; several months; several others; several parts; several plants; several rows; several species; several states; several things; several varieties; several ways; several weeks; several works; worn away