- present participle of overlook.
overlooking
Example Sentences
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Everyone wears white, and an enlarged portrait of Paul sits on an easel overlooking the quad.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
From Levin's quiet street, the concrete border wall zigzagged up the ridge overlooking Shlomi.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Five years ago, a community perched high on a hill overlooking Swansea city centre was shaken to its core.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Almost 44 years to the day earlier, Israeli forces had seized the same commanding position overlooking a valley, later turning it into a key base during their two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Eager to put some distance between Frankie and me, I circled around the building and arrived at a path overlooking a long basin.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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