Example sentences for: overturn

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

  • To do this, he thinks, will require not only banning soft money and providing free TV air time to candidates, but also full public financing of congressional elections and a constitutional amendment to overturn Buckley vs.

  • The Supreme Court probably will overturn the notorious Communications Decency Act.

  • If the rule from now on is that nobody can hold office in Washington unless they swear not to try to sway public opinion or undo existing laws, then every congressional Republican with a hankering to overturn Roe vs.

  • The NYT fronts an exclusive from the New York Senate campaign trenches: At a private fund-raiser organized by gay and lesbian supporters, Hillary Clinton said that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy crafted by her husband to govern gays in the military was a failure, and that if elected she would work to overturn it.

  • They have accused Republicans of trying to "defy the will of the people," "overturn the votes of the American people," and "undo the last election."


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