How do you use Veto in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like vote or prohibit, plus the exact meaning.
Veto in a sentence
Related words
Veto meaning
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Example sentences (20)
But Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri could veto the move as he doesn't believe Phillips fits his tactical system.
Arguably, if either Russia or China had used its veto, the carnage and devastation in Libya could have been averted.
Cameron also let Blue know that she was going up on the block, and he asked her to fight hard for the Power of Veto.
Decisively, this nexus serves to obscure the deadly veto power which the clandestine state exercises over democracy.
But President Biden recently used his first veto to kill a congressional effort to make ESG investing more difficult.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is also vowing to veto any plan that might force countries to take in refugees.
He didn't want to try to backdoor anyone, and gave his targets, Reilly and Cameron, the chance to win the veto.
Like him, they can inflate their position by threatening to use a veto now and then and take everybody hostage.
At least two Republicans would have to break ranks to overcome a veto on tribal bills, assuming Democrats stick together.
Cameron Hardin is the current HOH and won the Power of Veto, giving him complete control over the nominations for the week.
She joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” to preview today’s veto session in Jefferson City.
However, the HoH will use his veto power to save one housemate, who was nominated for eviction on Sunday.
China has used its veto power at the U.N. eight times to stop resolutions against Assad’s government, the latest in July 2020.
President Joe Biden has said he will likely veto the measure, which also passed the House in mid-March.
The GOP currently holds a 71-49 majority in the chamber - one seat short of a veto-proof supermajority.
In reality, Microsoft was secretly seeking to make peace with regulators in the UK and had no intention of circumventing the veto.
Both wrote essays this week saying the moves could weaken Israel’s democracy by giving lawmakers veto power over the Supreme Court.
He initially was going to be dealt to the Washington Nationals, but a no-trade clause in his contract allowed him to veto the deal.
Gatrell said that the state of Illinois, at the general assembly, is in a veto session currently.
That same month, however, the council Bowser's veto by a 12-1 vote, setting up the Capitol Hill clash in which Biden now finds himself.
Common combinations with veto
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the veto 33×
- veto power 25×
- to veto 23×
- veto the 21×
- his veto 12×
- of veto 11×
- veto on 10×
- veto of 8×
- would veto 7×
- its veto 6×
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