preside

in a sentence

An experienced judge will preside at the trial to ensure it run fairly.

At a sign from the presiding judge, one of the court officers led her away,  (source) Albert Camus, The Stranger, 1942

A similar reception was given me in New Orleans, which was presided over by the Mayor of the city.  (source) Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography, 1901

A meal presided over by just Effie and Haymitch is bound to be a disaster.†  (source) Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, 2008

The Honorable Judge Harold Sims presiding.†  (source) Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing, 2018

To preside.†  (source) Tara Westover, Educated, 2018

It should, in fact, be cold and hard as it presides over the silence of midnight.†  (source) Haruki Murakami, After Dark, 2004

J.J. Ford presided at the bench, and Sandy McSouthers presided at the front door, whistling, chatting, collecting tidbits of gossip, and adding some of his own.†  (source) Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, 1978

My grandmother still lives in the same home in the Bronx, presiding as ever as the family matriarch.†  (source) Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore, 2010

But having settled in Italy, he was lured back to Russia by Stalin in '34 and set up in Ryabushinsky's mansion—so that he could preside over the establishment of Socialist Realism as the sole artistic style of the entire Russian people.... "And what has been the fallout of that?"†  (source) Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, 2016

Lyndon Johnson keeps his mouth shut as often as possible when the president presides over a meeting.†  (source) Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, Killing Kennedy, 2012

A major general named Chang Weisi presided over the meeting, and half the attendees were military officers.†  (source) Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem, 2008

Grandmother Adelia's portrait was still presiding.†  (source) Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, 2000