How to Use see off in a Sentence

see off

phrasal verb

• Claim: The new law will see off legal challenges to the plan.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Throughout the day Friday, the ship could be seen off Gaza's coast.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
• Rivera, with a brush and palette in hand, is seen off center of the painting with his back to the viewer.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• The other was seen off the Georgia coast, east of Savannah this week.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• The short hops simulate the last hop an infielder could see off ground balls in a game.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• Five of the six tankers seen off the coast of China are either at, or have recently left, repair yards there.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune Europe, 10 July 2024
• Large numbers of these handsome birds were seen off Nauset Light Beach for several days.
  — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• McCarthy could see off the threat of ouster in one vote, if the motion to vacate the chair is immediately defeated.
  — Paul Beckett, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• One of nature's most awe-inspiring creatures, the rare and giant blue whale, was seen off the coast of Massachusetts in a rare back-to-back sighting.
  — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 9 July 2024
• Most orcas seen off California are spotted near Monterey or farther up the coast, Askari said.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
• The full results will trickle in on Monday, when the process of coalition-building will begin as Europe’s centrists seek to put aside their differences to see off a resurgent far right.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 9 June 2024
• One was previously seen off the coast of Florida in December 2023, although scientists now think this is the same whale just seen near New England.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• Fans have previously gathered at military bases to see off BTS members.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Los Blancos pulled off a masterstroke in late 2022 when seeing off competiton from a number of European giants to Palmeiras prodigy Endrick.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The young whale was seen off Southern California, struggling, its tail flukes dangerously entangled in rope.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
• There are big aggregations commonly seen off of Florida in the wintertime.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024