"I think my desire to do this show overrides anything else," said Jonathan Sta.

As of An Acceptable Time, his desire for self-preservation in the face of serious heart disease overrides all other considerations.

Fortunately, though, our desire for an ethical society often overrides purely business concerns.

The desire of the guards to escape overrode their caution and they were getting extremely careless.

This desire overrode all other considerations.

The rationale for such an approach is that the desire to attain justice in the case overrides the need for certainty in the law.

As I watched, her desire for a cigarette overrode her caution.

The understandable desire of childless couples to have children must not override the human dignity and health of the donors being exploited.

He left the room before desire overrode common sense.

I predict that Arthur's desire to see us dead should override even his love of being the center of attention.