How to Use supervisor in a Sentence

supervisor

noun
  • The supervisor fired him after he showed up at work drunk.
  • If you have a problem, go to your supervisor.
  • Singh asked to speak with a supervisor and was told the same thing.
    — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Get the agent at the gate to either help you out or get a supervisor.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The supervisor is White, and the employee and Chisholm are Black.
    — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The very next day, a supervisor called CSI to apologize and told them to throw out the tickets.
    — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • Gohde again asks for his name and date of birth, and Hodges declines to give it to her and asks for her supervisor.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Ashanti backpedaled and asked to speak to a supervisor.
    — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Being asked to teach the new supervisors on how to do their jobs is soul-crushing.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Reba — who was Rogers' first pick of the five — is a bar supervisor and mom from South Dakota.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • No matter what supervisors do, the fight won’t end there.
    — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The shuttle runs with a supervisor on board who can stop it, as most self-driving test cars do.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • One day, one of the City of Phoenix Parks supervisors called Andrade into the rec building.
    — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2024
  • The employee said a supervisor approved his idea and told him to move forward with the plan, the report said.
    — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • In the past, Linda just called the DPW crew supervisor, who would tell her to leave the trash can out and a truck would come by to pick it up, usually by the next day.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • One person was taken from the scene, the supervisor said.
    — Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Conor Welch: First of all, our music supervisor manager Manish Raval is is the best in the game.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Miguel said that when he got hurt, his supervisor told him not to give his real age at the hospital.
    — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • When her name was said, a supervisor behind Thiel snatched the radio out of her hand and bolted across the rubble.
    — courier-journal.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The supervisor near Sanchez-Flores got through maybe two-dozen names before the all-clear was given.
    — courier-journal.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In 2017, Ames was assigned to a new supervisor, Ginine Trim, who is gay.
    — Abby Monteil, Them, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The new supervisor is expected to be sworn in by early next month.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Four supervisors and 36 staff members were working at the time of the escape, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
  • Marc Jones, the Waukegan Township supervisor, said in an email the township kept its levy flat at just under $3.4 million for the fourth straight year.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021
  • In one case, a supervisor witnessed an officer strike or shove a handcuffed man in the back.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • If those people tell you to get lost, appeal to their supervisors.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Carder said Simpson has been a role model for him both as an attorney and as a supervisor over the years.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Sheila Foley, while at Perez's house Piña and her supervisor, Cpl.
    — Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Later in the video, Bennett speaks to a supervisor outside the police station.
    — Daniel McGowan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025
  • Paige Summers, a Starbucks supervisor from Hanover, Maryland, said that some staff are unable to afford a new wardrobe.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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