His enemies were devoid of scruples, and unsparingly used every means to nullify his influence and destroy his credit.
Nullify thy will before His will, that He may nullify the will of others before thy will.
A refined face may be refuted by clumsy finger-ends; the eyes may contradict the voice; the gait may nullify the smile.
The Northern people simply decided to nullifythe law.
Instead of a majority of each town, a majority of all the free inhabitants of the colony was sufficient to nullify a law.
The banker felt that he had done something to nullify one cause of uneasiness, and yet he was scarcely the easier.
Lady Chettam, a charming woman, not so quick as to nullify the pleasure of explanation.
The judiciary, contrary to the common supposition, has no plenary power to nullifyunconstitutional laws.
We make the same declaration and assert the same claim, and we neither restrict nor nullify it by creed, catechism or confession, by tests or articles, by pains or penalties.
They have contrived numberless inventions as substitutes for it, or devised most ingenious means to nullify it.
Just as no subsequent transaction can nullify a Greek "covenant," i.
Such interpretations may bring typology into disrepute, but they cannot nullify it as a fact which must be recognised in any attempt to open up the meaning of the book.
In his ignorance of European things he was brought, without recognizing it, to accept a series of decisions not superficially in opposition to his fourteen points but which did actually nullify them.
If the power to nullify was then supposed to exist, if the right of a State to leave at its will was thought of, why was it not then urged that nullification and secession were easy remedies if the Union should be or become oppressive?
No one answered to the alleged fear of oppression and tyranny that the State could nullify or secede.
Nullify is an old word revived in this country, and applied to the setting of things aside either by force or by total disregard; as, to nullify an act of Congress.
In 1832, when I was in college, South Carolina was ready to Nullify or Secede from the Union on this account.
The States clearly have no power to nullify the express provisions that the election shall be by the people, by any laws limiting the election to a moiety of the people.
The provisions on which we rely were negative merely, and were designed to nullify existing as well as any future State legislation interfering with our rights.
This tribunal was authorized to nullify or reverse any harmful act or decision which the ordinary inquisitors might resolve upon.
To nullify this simple and natural conclusion strong evidence will be required.
The plots of the marquis and Madame de Bouille thus throve with most baneful success; but an accident happened which threatened to nullify them, and, by causing a great disaster, to prevent a crime.
It is not the only productive factor--poor management can waste labour and material and nullify the efforts of labour.
Example: Titus knows that Balbus is about to marry with a secret impediment that will nullify the marriage, but he cannot persuade Balbus to disclose this impediment to the pastor.
Error which does not prevent essential consent does not nullify the contract.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nullify" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
