Sample sentences for OFFICIATE

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act in an official capacity — such as when enforcing rules at a sports event or presiding over a wedding ceremony

accused of betting on games at which he officiated

Who officiated at your wedding?
Pastor Peter Whitney officiated, taking his text from I Chronicles: "He died in good old age, full of days .... and honor."
David McCullough -- John Adams
When Jane thanked Harvey for officiating, he shook his head.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
One might suppose that Astaroth had just secretly designated you to be his officiate for Walpurgisnacht.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
We've probably conducted a dozen weddings at our house, with Alan officiating most of them.
Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
Four weeks later, in a wedding ceremony officiated by Reverend Phillips at Cecy's parents' house, the hero finally got the girl.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
But I have known them before this to be named by a grateful mother for the doctor who officiated.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
Father Kleinsorge was in the hospital in Tokyo, so Father Cieslik officiated.
John Hersey -- Hiroshima
Mr. Weston directed the whole, officiating safely between Hartfield and the Vicarage, and every body was in good time.
Jane Austen -- Emma
The officiating noncommissioned officers ordered everybody out, down, made them form lines.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
Mr. Power again officiated.
James Joyce -- Dubliners
The voice of the officiant had just made itself heard.
Elie Wiesel -- Night
The clerk who had rescued Petya was talking to a functionary about the priests who were officiating that day with the bishop.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
High Mass was at eleven the next morning, the parish priest officiating and the Bishop in the Episcopal chair.
Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
The man had his back to him, but he had no difficulty recognizing the Jesuit priest who had helped officiate at the funeral mass of old Pedro Garcia.
Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
Mrs. Penniman's real hope was that the girl would make a secret marriage, at which she should officiate as brideswoman or duenna.
Henry James -- Washington Square
I actually stiff-armed him all the way out of bounds, and the officiating crew called it a personal foul on him.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
Only this morning I officiated at early celebration——
H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
There was nobody in the church besides the officiating persons and the small marriage party and their attendants.
William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair

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