Scenic vista

Usage examples of overlook.

Finally, the contention has been made that in stressing the separate identities of a corporation and its stockholders, the Court overlooked the fact that when a surplus has been accumulated, the stockholders are thereby enriched, and that a stock dividend may therefore be appropriately viewed simply as a device whereby the corporation reinvests money earned in their behalf.

Her window overlooked a broad lawn, edged by a stone balustrade on which roses and wisteria twined, shaded by a vast plane tree.

Toli stood alone on the bartizan outside the banquet hall, overlooking a portion of the garden.

The stories that Aziza Begum would tell by starlight, sitting on the flat rooftop overlooking the crowded city - stories of battle and intrigue and murder.

A factor which Watson overlooks in his enthusiasm for asteroid mining is that if buckytube composites can be made cheap enough to make a space elevator possible they will entirely replace steel as a structural material.

Someone comes looking for the work, sure that it contains the explanatory key long overlooked.

The 127th brigade were to go through when these positions had been made good and occupy the high ground overlooking Marou, a small hamlet on the final objective, which was to be taken by the 6th Manchesters.

Yes, Messieurs could be accommodated with two good rooms overlooking the sea.

Beset by a grief so poignant that methought I must die of it, sat I in my chamber overlooking King Street.

Though practical needs gave women a certain authority in the home, on the farm, or in occupations like midwifery, they were simply overlooked in any consideration of political rights, any notions of civic equality.

There is always, always some overlooked or mismeasured factor, or a stew of factors.

While the text offers evidence to indict Humbert, it is subtle enough that many readers overlook its critique of the misogyny illustrated in and purveyed by the rest of the text.

Doc surmised that the spot overlooked the sea, for the way soon dipped sharply downward, and they could hear the mushy splashing of waves.

There was an ostrog, a cossack fort, not more than four hundred feet from here, overlooking the river.

His reluctance to look ignorant overweighed his slight worry that the others might actually have overlooked that matter.