Preside

//pɹɪˈzaɪd//

"Preside" in a Sentence (8 examples)

Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.

Tom offered to preside at the meeting.

"There are various classes of Nymphs, my girl," he said, "the Melians, who dwell among the ash-groves, the Dryads, who preside over the oaks, and the Eloean Nymphs, who are guardians of the lakes."

The Honorable Mrs Maria Oliveira will preside over the opening session.

Tom will preside.

The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale.

When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.

I’ll preside at the organ.

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