Example sentences for: vetoed

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

  • The Los Angeles Times ' top non-local story is the Senate's 55-44 passage of a $1 minimum-wage hike--a bill that has not passed the House and would likely be vetoed by President Clinton for the tax breaks it gives to businesses.

  • USAT and the WP remind readers that House Republicans attached a similar poison pill provision to the last attempt at a UN pay-up, which was vetoed by President Clinton.

  • When a committee was convened to decide whether specimens of Lincoln's blood and bones should be tested for DNA to discover whether he suffered from Marfan syndrome, ethicists voted yes but scientists vetoed the plan, claiming that the precious material should not be destroyed in case future tests would prove more effective [4,5].

  • When Giuliani vetoed Talk 's party site and told the press it was "unimportant" and "irrelevant," all he did was make the magazine important and relevant.

  • For the second time in six years, the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton has vetoed the appointment of a professor of science studies with, apparently, impeccable credentials.


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