- present participle of overrule.
overruling
Example Sentences
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Overruling Trotsky’s drive for a never-ending worldwide revolution, Stalin normalized the Soviet Union as a nation-state that traded and maintained diplomatic relations with the West.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
Overruling those just to appease your clearly befogged co-parent is a bad habit to get into right as you’re starting this journey.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2022
Overruling a major precedent is no small undertaking, of course.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2020
Overruling the Insular Cases and their doctrine would not solve Aurelius one way or another.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2019
Overruling his continued objections, she lifted her foot to his hand, caught hold of the corner-post, and springing upward got her hands on the low end of the roof boards.
From Nan of Music Mountain by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
