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Example sentences for: overrode

How can you use “overrode” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Rather than accept the law of the jungle, they overrode it.
But several European papers noted that their personal friendship and shared commitment to the European ideal overrode ideological considerations.
And then in 1937, with the popular support of ultra-right-wing groups, the army overrode parliamentary resistance in Tokyo and went to war against the Chinese Nationalists.
The New York Times reported that this decision overrode State's wishes and benefited, among others, the Chinese government official who subsequently funneled large contributions to the Democratic Party.
His allegiance to the country, however, overrode his political self-interest."