How to Use overrule in a Sentence

overrule

verb
Definition of overrulenext
Synonyms for overrulenext
  • The judge overruled the objection.
  • His conviction was overruled by the supreme court.
  • And the Swedes pointed out that the police had tried to ban the protest but were overruled by the courts.
    — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • The vote was non-binding and can be overruled by the streamer’s board.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
  • The judge in that case overruled jurors and sentenced Smith to die.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The families’ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the case, George B. Daniels, to overrule her.
    — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The only person in the program who can overrule Blanchard is McGuire and the two are very much on the same page.
    — Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The judge has no power to overrule the jury and impose the death penalty.
    — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Soller said Lara was not involved in a decision to overrule the judge.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • To be a local official is to run the risk of being overruled.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Pryor’s court has overruled Cannon twice in the Trump case.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Each time Lindhome thought about it, her heart overruled her brain.
    — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • That means that there are now five justices who seem likely to vote to overrule Roe v. Wade.
    — Erwin Chemerinsky, Star Tribune, 19 May 2021
  • And Biden’s White House has the right to overrule a Trump effort to block the release of information.
    — Colleen Long and Zeke Miller, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The answer lies in how the WGA classifies it and whether the Academy could or would overrule that choice.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • The state is not asking the court to overrule Roe vs. Wade or later cases that reaffirmed it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
  • Almost the same amount of people (61 percent) think judges should not be able to overrule FDA approval of a drug.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The second would be to give each team a certain number of challenges to overrule the umpire.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • But three of the justices on the court have changed since, all of them replaced by President Trump and all three of whom went on to overrule Roe.
    — Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 1 July 2022
  • The goal was originally overruled on the ice and then ruled a good goal by the replay center in Toronto.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Yet he was overruled by the opera company owner, who fired Yaw.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Democrats were overruled continuously over and over and over again.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Could the Supreme Court reverse itself and overrule McCleskey some day?
    — Robert L. Tsai / Made By History, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • The coach needed to overrule the player’s wishes in the team's best interest.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Labrador’s request to overrule that ban late last month.
    — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Moscow court that will hear the appeal can choose to leave Griner’s verdict in place, overrule it and send it back to the lower court, or reduce Griner’s prison term.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • While Texas A&M may object, our guess here is the court of public opinion will overrule the objection and move to strike.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The customs agency’s decision could be overruled if the ITC disagrees with it.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Their objections, however, were overruled, the source said.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • His assessment was overruled by the state Supreme Court in March, allowing organizers to collect signatures for the amendment.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Aug. 2024

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