Overruled
[,əʊvə'ru:ld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Overrule
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Examples
- Without any force at all, I found myself led and influenced by another's will, unconsulted, unpersuadedquietly overruled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- On such evidence Arkwright’s claims were denied, and his patent overruled. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She was guided, overruled by Jessy in a thousand things. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But she was overruled, and the private marriage took place. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I always thought they were very unfit to have the charge of her; but I was overruled, as I always am. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This objection was at once overruled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- However, Prude soon overruled my objections and sent for a hackney-coach to convey us to the theatre. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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