Sentence examples for failed to override from inspiring English sources

The House failed to override President Clinton's veto.

By a margin of one vote, the Legislature failed to override the veto.

On Tuesday, the Senate failed to override a Republican filibuster of a defense authorization bill.

At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Legislature failed to override the veto.

South Dakota's legislature failed to override Governor Dennis Daugaard's veto and a similar bill in Tennessee bill died on Tuesday.

In a small but telling example, a recent vote on President Obama's nominee for a National Labor Relations Board position failed to override a threatened Republican filibuster.

A 2-to-2 vote would fail to override the three-judge panel, and its ruling would stand.

The proposal fails to override state laws that allow debtors to lock away millions in trust, a huge benefit to the wealthy.

It is possible that the Senate and the Assembly will fail to override Pataki's promised vetoes, in which case parts of the budget will have to be negotiated all over again.

Yet, yet … all the ugliness and the expense somehow fails to override the sheer gorgeousness of Sydney, particularly in December when the energy of the place ratchets up a few notches.

(Mr. Osment's facial stubble and slumping posture fail to override the impression that he's giving a perfect School of Disney juvenile performance.) The rhythms of this production are those of a sitcom, with lots of empty space between lines to let audiences fully register jokes and outlandish figures of speech.