Example Sentences

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Staff from the school grounds team have been supervising the area, ensuring members of the public do not get too close.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

I have been supervising her taking it to make sure she does, but she is getting more and more resistant.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2020

Right now he should have been supervising blood-curdling screams, the smoke machines and even the stink of fake vomit for the theme park's Halloween event.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2020

Several police officers have been supervising the terminal entrance and members of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force have been providing some security around the perimeter.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2019

By early 1951, no one seems to have been supervising him.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2017