All 6 Uses of
preside
in
Gone with the Wind
- In the mornings, after all-night sessions at births and deaths, when old Dr. Fontaine and young Dr. Fontaine were both out on calls and could not be found to help her, Ellen presided at the breakfast table as usual, her dark eyes circled with weariness but her voice and manner revealing none of the strain.†
Chpt 1.3
- That night at supper, Scarlett went through the motions of presiding over the table in her mother's absence, but her mind was in a ferment over the dreadful news she had heard about Ashley and Melanie.†
Chpt 1.4
- They organized bazaars and presided over sewing circles, they chaperoned balls and picnics, they knew who made good matches and who did not, who drank secretly, who were to have babies and when.†
Chpt 2.8
- She sent many messages of regret to him from behind her closed door and left the two frightened girls to preside over the supper table.†
Chpt 2.10 *
- The meal was gay enough and even Gerald, presiding absently at the head of the table, managed to evoke from the back of his dim mind some of the manner of a host and an uncertain smile.†
Chpt 3.28
- The heavy old mahogany table, spread with cake and decanters, still presided in the empty-looking dining room but it was scratched and the broken legs showed signs of clumsy repair.†
Chpt 4.35
Definition:
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(preside) to be in charge; or to head; or to be the chairperson -- especially of a formal meeting or ceremony