How to Use officiate in a Sentence

officiate

verb

• Two referees officiated the hockey game.
• The bishop officiated the memorial Mass.
• Most people who officiate youth and high school sports do it for the love of the game.
  — The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
• Many have full-time jobs and make time to officiate games in the evening and on weekends.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• The officiating crew after the game said a foul should have been called on the last play that would have sent Oubre to the line with a chance to win the game.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Not that The League is alone in its room with officiating.
  — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
• Turns 21 in a month, at which time this officiating crew might owe him a drink.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
• Here’s what to know: Who can officiate a wedding in Texas?
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2024
• On the field, Sarah Thomas will serve as the down judge, becoming the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl.
  — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2021
• Down judge Sarah Thomas will be the first female to officiate a Super Bowl.
  — Teresa M. Walker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2021
• Once more: Humans play the games, humans coach the games, humans officiate the games.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2021
• At the end, Styles is about to officiate a wedding until a storm propels him, bed and all, into the clouds.
  — Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 13 July 2022
• His tight-rope act and officiating judgement led to a huge 16-yard catch with the Tigers driving.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 11 Jan. 2020
• Last year, Ogletree was called on to officiate the funeral of Pat Dye, who died in June 2020.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 9 Aug. 2021
• This fall, six women will officiate soccer’s World Cup for the first time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
• Chatfield, who grew up in Prospect, is also a justice of the peace with many weddings to officiate this time of year.
  — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
• Mike Carey was the first Black referee to officiate at a Super Bowl, in 2008.
  — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• Crystal Hogan, who’s been officiating at the Drew League since 2005, was one of the referees for Bryant’s game.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• Rodriguez chose her Jane the Virgin costar to officiate her special day in May 2019.
  — Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
• The officiating crew had a difficult time in the Australia-France match.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• For the first practice with full pads, referee Clete Blakeman and his crew were in town to officiate.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Discuss this with the person who will officiate at the memorial service when the time comes.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
• Catcher Tomas Nido tried to tell the officiating crew that the pitcher had not said anything.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
• From highlights and officiating drama to big-time shots and on-court trash talk, the women’s NCAA title game had it all.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
• There were just three guests—Megan, Nico, and Sarah—with Holland officiating.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
• The couple's nuptials were officiated by Light's brother Taylor and the bride and groom wrote their own vows.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
• In the comments section, Stone received messages from fans who were thrilled to see her officiate the pair's nuptials.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• Mobile’s Bill Hill was scheduled to officiate 10 baseball games in one week in mid-March.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 14 Apr. 2020
• For her part, Clark seemingly blamed officiating for playing a role in the Fever’s ugly Game 1 loss.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• Soon, Brennan was hired and hooked on officiating football.
  — Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024