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take a break or close a formal meeting or gathering- Immediately thereafter, the ladies adjourned for refreshments.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
adjourned = took a break or finished a meeting
- The meeting is now adjourned.E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
- For Grace's sake, they had adjourned all decision on what future, if any, their marriage might have.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- We adjourned to the conference room, and in a few moments, Red Stevens was once again speaking to us from the video screen.Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
- The judge rapped for order, and said: "Court will adjourn for one hour."Richard Wright -- Native Son
- Per the instructions that all of you received in advance, we will now adjourn for thirty minutes to allow you to discuss the order with your clients.Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
- This body passed a resolution to adjourn for the purpose of visiting Tuskegee.Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- Congress adjourned on schedule and its members left town, along with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Fever, 1793
- At six o'clock Ed Soames made the announcement: the jurors had adjourned for the night.David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars
- After dinner, we continued celebrating and somehow the party got adjourned back to the installation.Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
- If you need to speak with me, we can adjourn briefly to my office.J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
- The same day as Lee's capture, Washington learned that Congress had adjourned in order to move to a safer location at Baltimore.David G. McCullough -- 1776
- The defense holds that the court shall be adjourned.Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind
- Before the congress adjourned, it was decided that another congress of American writers would be called in New York the following summer, 1935.Richard Wright -- Black Boy
- When all the evidence had been taken, the court was adjourned for almost an hour.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Judges having to take part in a public demonstration out of doors, the Tribunal adjourned.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- But with that particular incident the court was adjourned for this day.Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
- Howsomever, court was adjourned before the judge passed sentence.Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
- But all he did was to point out the lateness of the hour and to ask for an adjournment till the following afternoon.Albert Camus -- The Stranger
- Judge Iversen agreed that the court should adjourn for lunch.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
adjourned = officially ended