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How to use woolsack in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word woolsack? Here are some examples.

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While the judges' woolsack struggled to fit some of the more generous noble behinds, there were a few empty spaces on the benches.
By Friday, the hyper-crony was seated on the Woolsack, smirking like a small boy who had been allowed to drive his father's car.
The Lord Chancellor was not on the Woolsack to hear the debate, which Lord Goodhart insisted was not directed at him personally.
Other evidence includes the statue in Stratford-upon-Avon in which the Bard is portrayed as sitting on the Woolsack, the prerogative of the Lord Chancellor in Parliament.
The House's mace, which represents royal authority, is placed on the back of the Woolsack.
Thus Lord Falconer duly appeared the following day in the House of Lords to carry out his duties from the Woolsack.
The Speaker or Deputy Speaker sits on the Woolsack, a large red seat stuffed with wool, at the front of the Lords Chamber.
The Mace is placed on the Woolsack, where the Lord Speaker sits after a bishop has led the House in prayers.
Lord Speaker thus elected then replaced the Lord Chancellor on the Woolsack.
Crossbenchers, sit on the benches immediately opposite the Woolsack.
The Lords Commissioners, as the monarch's representatives are known, wear scarlet parliamentary robes and sit on a bench between the throne and the Woolsack.
When presiding over debates, the Lord Speaker sits on the Woolsack.
Examples from Classical Literature
But I'm afraid it wouldn't do, even if I wrote them in secret, under the woolsack.
When the woolsack has been reached there comes an end of doubt, and a beginning of ease.
Many familiar figures from the recent past now debate and scrutinise legislation before the chamber's golden throne and stuffed woolsack.
A military lord rose to order, and appealed to the woolsack.
If he 'd have gone to the bar, he'd have ended on the woolsack.
He was then, for the last time, solemnly cautioned from the woolsack.
In 1938 the Lord Chancellor's woolsack was found to contain horsehair so it was re-stuffed with wool from all parts of the Commonwealth as a symbol of unity.
Micawber saw himself, in his judicial mind's eye, on the woolsack.
Bill Skidmore, 70, has been presented with a Silver Woolsack trophy for his commitment to the Worshipful Company of Woolmen.
One of the cloaked and wigged figures on Woolsack mentioned the matter in charmingly casual way.
This year's show included Woolsack, the project which encourages people to make British wool cushions for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
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