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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Her job was to pass on messages between men on the ground and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and senior officers who were supervising the operation.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Last week, Venezuelan government officials were supervising the infrastructure of the Tienditas bridge.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2022
Instead, a permanent substitute teacher and two high school volunteers were supervising the class, which had seven students with disabilities.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
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
The fact that the scythes themselves were supervising the hunt and not just leaving it to the BladeGuard made Citra feel all the more terrified, yet oddly important, too.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
