Sentence example with the word 'overrode'

overrode

Last update: October 28, 2015


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But his presence was not observed until they reached their destination, when the jealousy of the Philistines overrode his protestations of fidelity and he was ordered to return.   [Please select]

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The matron objected, but Aunt Alice overrode the matron; and from January to April Uncle Arthur's house was pure from Germans.   [Please select]

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If eccentricity sometimes overrode étiquette and even politeness, good morals and religion not infrequently made a stand against corruption.   [Please select]

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Kansas soon respected this tall slender energetic woman who, as she overrode obstacles, showed a spirit akin to that of the frontiersman.   [Please select]

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Woodhull] Convinced that she and her colleagues must attend that hearing, Susan consulted with her friends in Congress and overrode Mrs.   [Please select]

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One desire overrode all others--the desire that Eve's reputation, which he himself had so nearly imperilled, should remain unimperilled.   [Please select]

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Fortunately some of the more enlightened were led to see the wisdom of the enterprise, and they converted the others to their views or else overrode their protests.   [Please select]

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