Congress was in recess period at the time, but most of its opposition members considered returning to override the decrees through an extraordinary session.

The Downside: Limited space means no recess period.

He has spent many recess periods sitting in the school office as punishment for not finishing his homework.

Nobody was around at all, probably because it wasn't recess period, and it wasn't lunchtime yet.

Human analogies naturally come to mind - postgame celebrations at a football game, recess period at school.

At the trial, he sketched the jurors, and then eavesdropped on their conversations during recess periods.

There were two recess periods.

Boogaard left the first after only two weeks, and died during a recess period from the second.

During the intervening recess period, the Justices study the argued and forthcoming cases and work on their opinions.

The last point is that Parliament's recess periods must be taken into account.