Sentence examples for successfully invoked from inspiring English sources

It has been successfully invoked only once, in 1985.

Lately, countries have successfully invoked these laws in court.

These are civil, not criminal cases and complaints are rarely successfully invoked.

But where Mr. Zimmerman successfully invoked self-defense, Mr. Wafer failed.

Put otherwise, the power is there — the cultural mores are what is preventing the laws from being successfully invoked.

Accused students have successfully invoked Title IX itself in claiming that the desire to demonstrate toughness on sexual assault led to their unfair treatment as males.

After yesterday's financial report, it appears unlikely that EchoStar will be able to successfully invoke that clause.

Gang members, drug dealers, and road-rage killers are, according to Meggs, all successfully invoking Stand Your Ground.

Tenants who successfully invoke the defense typically end up barring the person described as the "bad actor".

I've seen many passengers successfully invoke mission statements and customer commitments when they didn't have a legal leg to stand on.

In seeking to suspend the shutdown for 80 days, Mr. Bush became the first president to successfully invoke the Taft-Hartley Act emergency provisions since President Richard M. Nixon sought to stop a longshoremen's strike in 1971.