overlook
verb (used with object)
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider.
were overlooking
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past progressiveof overlook.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Constantly wondering why nobody would call him back when he inquired about various managerial openings, Baker came to believe teams were overlooking him for his age, not his skin color.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
You could blink and convince yourself you were overlooking a sleepy coastal hamlet, not a mountain town of more than 75,000 hoping to snag tourists on their way to the Grand Canyon.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2022
With the senators’ questions focusing heavily on Instagram’s risks for young users, Mosseri argued that they were overlooking its benefits.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
NASA’s official response to the GAO report made similar arguments — including that government investigators were overlooking the complexity of the Artemis mission’s efforts to build a very large rocket and a deep-space capsule.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2019
Up on the hill as they were, overlooking the surrounding country, they almost forgot their troubles under Nature’s hypnotism.
From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert
