look on

verb

looked on; looking on; looks on

intransitive verb

: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines

Examples of look on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The actor revived the original festival look on Friday at Glastonbury 2024, adding the heritage brand’s classic black Wellington boots to her Moss-adjacent minidress. Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 30 June 2024 Other lawyers and family members of defendants in court for unrelated matters looked on in surprise. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024 Nyx Professional Makeup Slim Lip Pencil Strawberry makeup made the viral rounds in recent months (largely due to Rhode Skin's Peptide Lip Tint in Strawberry Glaze), and this $5 lip pencil that Bieber uses presents the look on a silver platter. Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 28 June 2024 Biden and Trump entered the debate stage in Atlanta, serious looks on their faces (Trump looked kind of mad, actually) and just took their places behind the lecterns. Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for look on 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of look on was circa 1568

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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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