Example sentences for: overruled

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

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 476 U. S. 747, 763 (1986) ("professional responsibilities" of physicians), overruled in part on other grounds, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v.

  • In the late afternoon, the President overruled his aides' continuing reluctance to have him return to Washington and ordered Air Force One back to Andrews Air Force Base.

  • But the Legal Services Corp. in Washington overruled that part of the plan.

  • The Sacré-Cœur’s architect, Paul Abadie, wanted to demolish St-Pierre, but he was overruled, and it was restored “as a riposte to the Sacré-Cœur.”

  • Clinton, after all, is incredibly deferential to his Joint Chiefs because of his own history of nonservice: It's impossible to believe that he would have overruled the chiefs if they were as absolute as the leaks suggest.


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