How to Use supervise in a Sentence

supervise

verb

• The builder supervised the construction of the house.
• She supervises a staff of 30 workers.
• This wasn’t the first time that Roost Services failed to supervise Hancey.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
• The next morning the teacher who supervised him pulled me over.
  — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
• The chef later joined the cast and crew on set to supervise the filming of the scene, even getting to direct a bit of it himself.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• Suarez expects to supervise the opening of the West Hartford store, too.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2022
• Pets are allowed, but they must be supervised at all times and kept either on a leash or in a crate.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
• Reindeer Josie and Bunny were there to supervise drop-off in 2020.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
• Some of the staff members help supervise these students.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 31 Aug. 2023
• The queen raced to the castle and arrived at 2 p.m., to supervise the removal of the priceless furnishings.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 26 Oct. 2022
• The city does not supervise use of off-leash areas, and anyone using this area does so at his or her own risk.
  — cleveland, 17 July 2022
• The rate includes three meals per day and a butler who will supervise the online schooling.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• And with Dream unable to supervise his realm, chaos ensues.
  — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022
• At the beginning of the dream, Angela is supervising some sort of field trip—a bunch of teen-agers packed onto a school bus.
  — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The plan would set up a nine-member commission to supervise the lottery.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2022
• As with all bouncers, babies should be supervised at all times and should not be allowed to sleep on the bouncer.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 20 July 2024
• Many children in Uvalde come from low-income households and don’t have an adult who can stay home and supervise them.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022
• And no matter how strong a swimmer your child is, they must always be supervised while in the water.
  — Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024
• Earlier in the day, Sandoz supervised a crew installing a new unit in Sun City.
  — Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
• The pair met up while George was in London supervising the recording of the score for his film Monuments Men.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Participants have to be at least 3 years old, and anyone under 18 has to be supervised by an adult at all times.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• They were sworn in by supervising judge Shawna Schwarz.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
• Remember that children should be supervised at all times while playing in a bounce house.
  — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
• Federica had planned to supervise the effort, but had had to cancel at the last minute when a friend offered her a singing gig that was too good to pass up.
  — Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The lack of workers also led to escapes because there were simply not enough people to supervise kids, Irvin said.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2022
• The pressure builds when a second doctor, the man who supervised Sasha, is found stabbed several days later.
  — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• In most states, elections are supervised by a state’s secretary of state or by a multi-member board of elections.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
• They’re paid a pittance (Freeman got $16 an hour), and often nothing at all, to supervise elections.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• The army said Nasser Rashid supervised attacks against Israel.
  — Adam Schreck and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
• In the meantime, drivers can use Tesla’s Full Self Driving feature, the assisted-driving service that still requires a human driver to supervise at all times.
  — Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024