Sentence examples for tried to nullify from inspiring English sources

In 1577 King Henry III (reigned 1574 89) tried to nullify the league's influence, first by putting himself at its head and then by dissolving it altogether.

McClelland was the umpire who tried to nullify a crucial home run because Brett had too much pine tar on his bat.

However, since the twilight years of the George W. Bush administration, the Senate has tried to nullify this power by holding "pro forma" sessions every three days, during what no one doubts would otherwise be an extended recess.

He's one of several Republicans who've tried to nullify agencies they don't like — such as the National Labor Relations Board or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — by simply refusing to allow votes on Mr. Obama's nominees.

On Monday, lawyers for Mr. Zimmer tried to nullify 174 ballots in two Democratic-leaning counties -- Mercer and Middlesex -- saying they either lacked signed affidavits or included signatures that did not match those on file at the board of elections.

In 1998, Patsy's Pizzeria (vintage 1933) not only tried to nullify Mr. Scognamillo's trademark for his sauce franchise, which last year raked in more than $1 million and sent 500,000 jars of Patsy's pride into customers' kitchens, but had the audacity to claim Sinatra as its patron.

The Republican attorneys general are lining up to try to nullify the health care bill.

Senator James Inhofe is trying to nullify the president's new mercury-reduction rule.

That shadowy force trying to nullify the 2016 election... is @realDonaldTrump".

"What should be of concern to New Yorkers is the Republicans, our State Senate colleagues, trying to nullify or void the mandate of the voters," Mr. Sampson said.

For more than a decade, the telephone and cable companies have been trying to nullify Title II, not by amendment but by stigma.