About 1750, John Wilkinson, the son of a farmer who also oversaw an iron furnace, substituted mineral coal for wood charcoal in the smelting and puddling of iron ore.
The president and governors of corporations oversaw rogues, vagrants, sturdy beggars, and idle or disorderly persons working in corporations or workhouses.
In olden times the Priests' Clan oversawall the architects' plans, and ruled out anything likely to clash with their secret passages and chambers.
A dozen or so men oversaw the activities of this noisy and dusty machine.
One after another we oversaw all the major activities of such a ranch; outside, I mean, of the ranch enclosure proper where were the fowls, the vegetable gardens, and the like.
A bloodless coup in August 2005 deposed President TAYA and ushered in a military council that oversaw a transition to democratic rule.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oversaw" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
