How to Use overrule in a Sentence

overrule

verb

• The judge overruled the objection.
• His conviction was overruled by the supreme court.
• And the Swedes pointed out that the police had tried to ban the protest but were overruled by the courts.
  — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 6 July 2023
• The vote was non-binding and can be overruled by the streamer’s board.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
• The families’ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the case, George B. Daniels, to overrule her.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2023
• The judge has no power to overrule the jury and impose the death penalty.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• To be a local official is to run the risk of being overruled.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• The answer lies in how the WGA classifies it and whether the Academy could or would overrule that choice.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 July 2023
• Almost the same amount of people (61 percent) think judges should not be able to overrule FDA approval of a drug.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• But three of the justices on the court have changed since, all of them replaced by President Trump and all three of whom went on to overrule Roe.
  — Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 1 July 2022
• The goal was originally overruled on the ice and then ruled a good goal by the replay center in Toronto.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2023
• Yet he was overruled by the opera company owner, who fired Yaw.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• The Democrats were overruled continuously over and over and over again.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• The coach needed to overrule the player’s wishes in the team's best interest.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• Judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Labrador’s request to overrule that ban late last month.
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Moscow court that will hear the appeal can choose to leave Griner’s verdict in place, overrule it and send it back to the lower court, or reduce Griner’s prison term.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• While Texas A&M may object, our guess here is the court of public opinion will overrule the objection and move to strike.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2022
• The customs agency’s decision could be overruled if the ITC disagrees with it.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
• The package of laws enacted in a special session last week is meant to overrule the voters.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
• Democrats could overrule such an objection with 60 votes.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2022
• The jurors who convicted Mr. Smith voted 11 to 1 to spare his life and instead to sentence him to life in prison, but a judge overruled them and condemned him to death.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• However, he was overruled on appeal, leading to the Supreme Court review.
  — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• All of the team’s work, overruled in an instant by a lone, unimpeachable executive.
  — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The appeals court could overrule the case and send it back to the court of first instance, the lower-level tribunal that originally sentenced Griner.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
• As the judge who appointed the special master, Cannon has the authority to overrule Dearie.
  — Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
• But she’s overruled and the sloth, whom Emily names Alpha, becomes the official mascot of the sorority.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
• But judges overruled the FTC’s objections to both mergers, smacking down some of Khan’s legal theories in the process.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Henan officials tried to prevent her from traveling to the United States in 2007 to collect an award, only to be overruled by Ms. Wu, the vice premier.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday morning in two cases to decide whether to overrule the Chevron doctrine.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• The judge, however, overruled the jury and sentenced Smith to death 1996, a practice that’s no longer allowed in Alabama.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024