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Example sentences for: ruled

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

The island became a Crown Colony ruled directly from London, and over the next few years there were several reforms to its political and social systems.
The Amir twice suspended constitutional provisions, from 1976 to 1981 and from 1986 to 1992, and ruled extraconstitutionally during these periods.
He ruled that the proper meaning of the word in the Companies Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985 connoted active conduct in the sense of seeking out information.
(Later, the courts ruled the first lady should be treated as a federal employee.)
Nowhere does he note court decisions that have ruled the opposite, or acknowledge that the question is far from settled.