Definition: 1. A high place affording a good view. 2. Look past, fail to notice. 3. Be oriented in a certain direction. 4. Leave undone or leave out. 5. Look down on. 6. Watch over.
Use 'overlook' in a sentence:
1. I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
2. Many people overlook this.
3. You overlook the pressure you're under and what it does to you.
4. Because we have five buildings, the overlook below might be helpful.
5. I pulled off the road at a scenic overlook.
6. Don't overlook current customers.
7. This conservatory enjoys an enviable position overlooking a leafy expanse.
8. Will you overlook it this once and forgive me, and let things go on as before?
9. The house is in an elevated position, overlooking the town.
10. Impersonal entities cannot overlook and reward worshippers.
11. I hope he will overlook it.
12. On the fourth side, covered verandas supported by ornate pillars overlook the steps.
13. From there you can overlook everything.
14. The building overlooks the river to the rear.
15. Who did we overlook?
16. They totally overlooked the study of the subject.
17. The park is on a hill overlooking the town.
18. This is a minor point, but it must not be overlooked.
19. The floor-to-ceiling windows of his company's offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a canal full of small boats and people fishing.
20. When they overlook the progress of the building, they generally come to speak of Heidi.
21. You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts.
22. And don't overlook the tried and true.
23. One thing that many people seem to overlook is their learning type.
24. Romantic castles overlook the river's twisting course.
25. The house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
26. I climbed to the top of a rise overlooking the ramparts.
27. I beg you overlook my rudeness.
28. The owners don't want to overlook any opportunity to make a buck.
29. The floor to ceiling windows of his company's offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a canal full of small boats and people fishing.
30. They overlook the potential causes of obesity.
31. Stress is invisible and easy to overlook.
32. We should not overlook the difficulties.
33. Jack Aldwych lived in a huge, old two-storeyed house overlooking Harbord.
34. We overlook our own roles in shaping children's minds.
35. We overlook all sorts of warning signals about our own health.
36. While most parents, teachers and clinicians would react to an adolescent using drugs or getting drunk, they may easily overlook teenagers who are engaging in inconspicuous behaviors.
37. A double room with a balcony overlooking the sea had been reserved for him.
38. She led us to a room with a balcony overlooking the harbour.
39. She's been overlooked for promotion several times.
40. The child who rebels is unlikely to be overlooked.
41. Many employers, for example, will overlook occasional inefficiencies from their secretary provided she has a pleasant personality.
42. In just 360 hours, a 100-metre-tall tower called the T30 rises from an empty site to overlook Hunan's Xiang River.
43. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the situation.
44. We could not afford to overlook such a serious offence.
45. Our back yard is overlooked by several houses.
46. Sometimes in the bustle of news and product launches, we tend to overlook some significant events that emerge from the net.
47. Our hotel was on the hillside overlooking the lake.
48. Our garden is overlooked from the neighbour's balcony.
49. Pretty and comfortable rooms overlook a flower-filled garden.
50. Houses which overlook the lake cost more.
51. The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.
52. Companies are so busy analysing the financial implications that they overlook the effect on workers.
53. Romantic chateaux and castles overlook the river's twisting course.
54. He seems to have overlooked one important fact.
