Examples of 'were overturned' in a sentence
Meaning of "were overturned"
This phrase indicates that a previous decision, ruling, judgment, or outcome has been reversed or invalidated. It suggests that a higher authority or a different perspective has led to a change in the original decision or result. The phrase can be used in legal contexts, sports, or any situation where a previous verdict or decision is nullified or changed to the opposite
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These prison sentences were overturned by higher courts.
Any attempts to retort or defend himself were overturned.
Vehicles were overturned and piled onto others.
The two previous convictions were overturned on appeal.
Our lives were overturned by the revolution.
The player suspensions eventually were overturned.
Attempts to stop this were overturned by the appeal court.
Votes were overturned or minorities were disallowed proportional representation on higher bodies.
Dozens of lorries were overturned on the highway.
These arguments are so persuasive that it was millennia before they were overturned.
Their convictions were overturned on appeal due to a legal technicality.
None of his vetoes were overturned.
Numerous cars were overturned and burned included one police car.
Both the suspension and the accompanying fine were overturned.
Two chairs were overturned on the floor.
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Homes were reportedly ripped apart and vehicles were overturned.
Four headstones were overturned and a number of other damaged.
That was when my thoughts about the boundaries and genres were overturned.
All the convictions were overturned on appeal the following year.
After passionate rallies from the community the plans were overturned.
His coach were overturned.
Much of the original houses were completely destroyed and railroad cars were overturned.
The fines were overturned.
Windows were blasted out of neighbouring shops and apartments and cars were overturned.
Of these were overturned on appeal.
The rules we mentioned earlier and was happy when they were overturned.
Their lives were overturned.
Insufficient evidence meant that the suspensions from the national register were overturned.
A few semis were overturned.
They were overturned and straightened by the upheaval of the Andes.
All approvals were overturned.
His convictions were overturned on the grounds that he should have been tried as a juvenile.
Both convictions were overturned.
Their convictions were overturned on appeal three years later but their film careers were ruined.
Cautious leaders were overturned.
Their convictions were overturned on appeal last month but they remained in custody pending a retrial.
Two Ethiopian trucks burned and two were overturned.
Many of the rail cars were overturned and potentially leaked hazardous material.
Antisodomy Laws in all states were overturned.
The election results were overturned by significant irregularities leaving the seat vacant.
I remember the effect in my country when lorries of strawberries were overturned by French farmers.
First couple of trials were overturned for prosecutorial misconduct based on the prosecutors.
While he was there, most of the sentences were overturned.
Values were overturned.
Ruby 's conviction and death sentence were overturned.
His two prior convictions were overturned based on racial prejudice and lack of evidence.
He appealed the test results, and they were overturned.
The engine and five cars were overturned in what appears to have been a freak accident.
Additionally, three controversial land grants were overturned.
All those long years of repressed humanity were overturned with a simple gesture and a few words.
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