Sentence examples for be overruling from inspiring English sources
verb
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
But if they uphold the appeal, they will appear to be overruling Islamic law, thereby offending the growing numbers of galvanized Muslim northerners.
Hiring Valentine would give the appearance of a power play by the Red Sox owners in which they would be overruling the new general manager, Ben Cherington, who was said to prefer Sveum or a similar low-volume candidate.
Through open in-depth discussion about attitudes to guidelines in general, the underlying concern that economic motives may be overruling clinical motives emerged as a key finding, and the most obvious reason for distrusting guidelines in this study was GPs' fear that economic considerations were weighted more than clinical considerations.
So Mandela let himself be overruled.
Can this wealth of experience be overruled by scientific evidence?
Any decisions the elected officials made could be overruled.
They will probably be overruled, however, by politics.
But the interests of local people must never be overruled.
3. Whether Bowers v. Hardwick should be overruled?
Even an artist's own word can be overruled by the court.
