Sentence examples for over principle from inspiring English sources

So, cowardice prevailed over principle this weekend.

He chose politics over principle...

There were bruising battles over principle.

Others see it as the triumph of expediency over principle.

Vance was only the third secretary of state in American history to resign over principle.

These are people who favour status over principle and "royalty" over legitimacy.

But they have made little headway in Tbilisi, Moscow or Sukhumi, where grandstanding over principles is easier than pursuing co-operation on the ground.

They jostle outward, anticipating the "all-over" principle that Jackson Pollock realized, with his drip paintings, a decade later.

The classical automation principles, the left-over principle and the comparison principle, both assume that human functions can be replaced by technology with few adverse effects.

Always remember the under-and-over principle when doing the crown knot.

Compromise over interests is possible; compromise over principles is far more difficult.