supervise
verb (used with object)
to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
were supervising
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past progressiveof supervise.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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Last week, Venezuelan government officials were supervising the infrastructure of the Tienditas bridge.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2022
Gockerell’s crewmates and officers with the state Department of Natural Resources, who were supervising the geoduck harvesting, pulled Gockerell free after a struggle and brought him aboard the commercial fishing boat, Keegan said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
Two female corrections officers were supervising male inmates the night of the escape because two male officers had called in sick.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
At least twice when the Shermans were supervising several of their children’s friends, they accidentally left Richard at the park.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2014
Above the shoulders of his carriers Ignatius barked directions as if he were supervising the loading of the rarest and most precious of cargoes.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
