How to Use overrule in a Sentence

overrule

verb
  • The judge overruled the objection.
  • His conviction was overruled by the supreme court.
  • Good thing you were overruled, right?
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Five years ago, the city tried to ban them but was overruled by the state.
    — Greg Allen, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For more on Prasad overruling staff, go here.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Each time Lindhome thought about it, her heart overruled her brain.
    — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • And in the end, even the tunesmith can be overruled songwise.
    — Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • To have that confidence, not to overrule, but to say leave this to me.
    — SI.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The watcher overruled the watched.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The vote was non-binding and can be overruled by the streamer’s board.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
  • Those who would protest will find their objections overruled.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The judge in that case overruled jurors and sentenced Smith to die.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Those agreements would have to expire or be challenged in court to be overruled.
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The cases seem destined for the high court, which could choose to overrule its own precedent.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But the judge overruled that argument.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • To be a local official is to run the risk of being overruled.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 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
  • 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
  • Soller said Lara was not involved in a decision to overrule the judge.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Will Biden overrule them as cases mount and the media call for something to be done?
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Yet he was overruled by the opera company owner, who fired Yaw.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Trump can’t overrule the Flores settlement with the stroke of a pen.
    — Dara Lind, Vox, 20 June 2018
  • The second would be to give each team a certain number of challenges to overrule the umpire.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • But replay overruled them, as Godwin’s foot landed in bounds.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • At a very crucial point in the match, the chair umpire does not overrule a terrible baseline call.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 20 June 2018
  • The judge overruled the request meaning the defense will have to present its case Friday.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2018
  • The partner overruled him; Wells thereupon quit and went to New York.
    — Henry Wiencek july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • The coach needed to overrule the player’s wishes in the team's best interest.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Congress had just overruled one of Bolsonaro’s vetoes in a testy back-and-forth over the budget.
    — Vincent Bevins, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2020
  • The Democrats were overruled continuously over and over and over again.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023

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