How to Use override in a Sentence

override

1 of 2 verb

• These new rules override the old ones.
• You must enter a code to override the alarm.
• Don't let anger override common sense.
• She overrode the default settings on her computer.
• Congress overrode the President's veto.
• Would this be ethical, or does the need for truth override my plan?
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Allen’s risks didn’t pay off The Bills had one overriding theme of training camp — rein in Josh Allen.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• The White House says Biden will veto it, and his rivals don't appear to have enough votes to override him.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 2 June 2023
• That could be because the alcohol overrides some of the flavors.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2023
• If someone isn’t ready to be partnered, that can override love.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Four trustees would have to vote in favor of overriding the veto for the contract to stand.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• The House voted to override the veto 65-28 along party lines.
  — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2024
• The Post warned in January, as the council prepared to override the mayor’s veto, that the bill would make D.C.
  — The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2023
• But Garibashvili has enough votes to override such a veto, observers said.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• One of the overriding themes in the series is the truly addictive — even when absurd — nature of fame.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Lawmakers would need the support of two-thirds of both chambers to override his veto.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
• The city council then overrode her decision, making way for Congress to weigh in on the issue.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• The president can veto bills, but Congress can override the vetoes as the last word.
  — Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023
• Council members did not have enough votes to override his veto.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• Legislators could override his veto with a two-thirds vote from both the House and Senate.
  — Michael Goldberg, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
• The overriding factor in the jury vote could be politics.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Beshear vetoed the 2021 bill, forcing the legislature to override him.
  — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Rams’ overriding concern should be Stafford, and his ability to remain on the field and sustain drives to take pressure off the Rams defense.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Making a cut in the gene releases the brakes, allowing cells to make the fetal type and override the abnormal adult kind.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
• The legislature could pass the bill without DeWine’s approval, but the process of overriding a veto would take time.
  — cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Assembly would need a total of eight votes to override a veto from Bronson — which is one more vote than the measure received.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
• The Senate voted 30–7 for the measure, a veto-proof majority, and so could override Beshear’s move as soon as next week.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• The place to make that argument is in the United States Congress is not for unelected justices to override what Congress has passed.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2023
• But there was enough progress in negotiations over the weekend to convince Anderson and Smith to override and bring the tax to a public vote.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• How the satire becomes the tragedy is central to the power of Ibsen’s dramatic construction, overriding its occasional plot contrivances.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024

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override

2 of 2 noun

• The House then fell short in its override attempt, meaning the rule will stand.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• On the back of the remote is a switch called manual override.
  — Sam Dunnington, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• The House, which voted 88 to 50 to pass the bill in April, was set to take up the veto override on Tuesday evening.
  — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
• Cotham was one of three House Democrats who were absent last week during the override votes on the gun bill.
  — Gary D. Robertson, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• There was, of course, the off chance that this override of his aircraft was due to some freak malfunction in the F-35.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• If the override happens, the law takes effect after 90 days.
  — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2024
• If approved by two-thirds of the House and Senate, the override would be the first of Trump’s presidency.
  — Matthew Daly, ajc, 28 Dec. 2020
• With the override of Cox’s veto, a dozen states have some sort of ban on transgender kids in school sports.
  — Sam Metz and Lindsay Whitehurst, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
• By design, a veto override is hard to pull off and requires a two-thirds vote of each house.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• The House kicked off the day's rush of votes with the athletics bill, and the Senate completed that override soon after.
  — Hannah Schoenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• The pods' banks of touch switches operate most of the climate-control functions, the cruise control, the ride-height override, the lights, and the wipers.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
• Thirty-two votes are needed in the chamber for an override.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
• In the end, more than 100 House Republicans voted for the override.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 29 Dec. 2020
• This would be the first veto override in the Trump presidency.
  — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
• The group Visit Salt Lake, which hosts conferences, shows and events, said the override could cost the state $50 million in revenue.
  — Sam Metz and Lindsay Whitehurst, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
• Democrats called the override an overreaction and a power grab.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2021
• Advocates have been working to line up support for the override.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• If the governor were to veto the bill, the votes in House and Senate indicate enough support for an override.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022
• To use the sink in manual mode, simply leave the handle pushed in or use the manual override button.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• Would regulators and bankers have an override switch and be able to intervene quickly enough to clean up the mess?
  — Marc Cooper, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• There's an override to keep your system from feeding power back into the grid.
  — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• The legislation now goes to the Senate, which will hold its own override vote later in the afternoon.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
• Perhaps this is a common thing with e-boards, but the ability to have a manual override would have been nice.
  — Zane Pickett, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Prince did not appear to have enough council support to prevent an override.
  — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• The override comes just days after the governor’s veto on Tuesday.
  — Nate Hochman, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022
• Alabama was one of the few states to still allow judicial override until state law barred it in 2017.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2021
• Unlike a bond, tax money approved through an override goes to the district, not to repay investors.
  — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2022
• Some 20 school districts seek bonds or override funding.
  — Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
• Last fall, the district was one of nine, out of a total of 23 that requested funding, to have its request for a bond or override to voters fail.
  — Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2022
• The city’s pilot program allowed a 15-second override of the speed-checking technology.
  — John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024