OVERSEE in a Sentence

Learn OVERSEE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for OVERSEE, such as:

1. It belonged to Stubb to oversee the business.
2. He used to oversee my place on the lake, and did it capitally, too.
3. This caseworker had about 100 cases to oversee, which is four times the recommended number.
4. He left the hearth quickly and went towards the landing to oversee the arrival of the first arts' class.
5. Meantime, overseeing the other part of the ship, Captain Peleg ripped and swore astern in the most frightful manner.

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 Meanings and Examples of OVERSEE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
oversee
 v.  supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
Classic Sentence:
1  It belonged to Stubb to oversee the business.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
2  He used to oversee my place on the lake, and did it capitally, too.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  He left the hearth quickly and went towards the landing to oversee the arrival of the first arts' class.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  Meantime, overseeing the other part of the ship, Captain Peleg ripped and swore astern in the most frightful manner.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
5  I don't keep none o yer cussed overseers; I does my own overseeing; and I tell you things is seen to.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
6  I should think she'd hate to poke herself where she isn't wanted, said Jo crossly, for she disliked the trouble of overseeing a fidgety child when she wanted to enjoy herself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
Example Sentence:
1  For Toshiba, the merger is an attempt to distance itself from unprofitable operations by letting Fujitsu effectively oversee its cellphone business.
2  This caseworker had about 100 cases to oversee, which is four times the recommended number.