Example sentences for: presided

How can you use “presided” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The story highlights the basic fact raised (and not denied by Clinton) at the press conference: While Clinton has presided over a historically diverse Cabinet, all 26 people who've held the top seven White House jobs under him have been white, and 21 of them have been men.

  • In the only trial over which he has ever presided, Rehnquist allowed the defense to introduce a remarkably large amount of evidence.

  • A bon vivant who held extravagant parties, Vaudreuil and his elegant wife presided over a sort of “Golden Age” of social grace, when the colonial elite were invited to plays, musicales, and balls.

  • And indeed, in the course of the day, he presided at a three-way meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat--their first time in the same room since Friday.

  • The papers report that the federal judge who presided over the Paula Jones lawsuit yesterday ordered President Clinton to pay nearly $90,000 to Jones' legal team for giving false testimony about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.


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