overrule
verb (used with object)
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person).
was overruling
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past progressiveof overrule.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Human Rights Council, said he was overruling their choice and proposing the second-ranked candidate instead, Malta’s Joseph Cannataci.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2015
Exercising his perfect wisdom and power, Jehovah was overruling all things to the accomplishment of his purpose.
From The Harp of God by J. F. (Joseph Franklin) Rutherford
Hitherto my reverence for the authority of the whole and indivisible Bible was overruling and complete.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Francis William Newman
Was he conscious that he was overruling her objections?
From Sally Bishop A Romance by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
When the hunt was up, his combativeness was overruling.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
