Sentence examples for overriding good from inspiring English sources

Connect to Today: In 2003, following a blackout in New York City, The New York Times reflected on blackouts past: The 1965 blackout was a "good blackout … largely characterized by cooperation and overriding good cheer".

There was, before yesterday, the good blackout and the bad blackout: the 15-hour power loss beginning on the evening of Nov. 9, 1965, that was largely characterized by cooperation and overriding good cheer and the 25-hour one beginning on the sticky night of July 13 , 1977 that was defined by widespread looting and arson in the city's poorer neighborhoods.

If the New Traditionalists are correct, at least these two: first, liberalism tells us that political systems should be neutral regarding various notions of God and the good; they should not operate with an account of an overriding good for human beings in whose light subsidiary goods can be ordered.

The Nets will have to make sure that Marbury's pride does not override good judgment.

While others run from the flame, we move closer, not out of a sense of courage necessarily, but out of a sense of loyalty to the story that often overrides good judgment.

Sometimes the truth overrides good manners, even in a nice place like West, which has a special place in the heart of anyone who's made the otherwise dreary drive on IH-35 between Austin and Dallas and pulled off at exit 253 to get a sweet, chewy kolache at the Czech Stop, perhaps the best-reviewed convenience store in Texas on Yelp.

However, good nonstatistical reasons informing model choice should not override good statistical reasons for not choosing that model.

As has so often been the case in the Clinton administration, the thirst for campaign money and other donations seems to be overriding both good manners and political prudence.

We should make a beginning, and not let the perfect override good.

D'Antoni let competitiveness override his good sense Tuesday, sending Anthony and Billups back onto the court with 6 minutes 33 seconds left and the Knicks down by 12.

The principle of double effect is directed at well-intentioned agents who ask whether they may cause a serious harm in order to bring about a good end of overriding moral importance when it is impossible to bring about the good end without the harm.