How to Use check on in a Sentence

check on

phrasal verb

• Jenn will come in to check on her pie, and quickly back out of the room.
  — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Friends did not find Li in his room when asked them to check on him, Zhou said.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
• That isn’t to say there can be no checks on who runs for office.
  — WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
• Elie was troubled, though, and rang to check on her the next morning.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
• The homeowner went out to check on the driver and found that he’d been shot.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Airbnb now runs background checks on guests in the US and India.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• After the call, Russell went to check on the child and called a relative.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 July 2023
• Will Lois just pop into town to check on her daughter and then pop right out?
  — Rosemary Rossi, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
• People rushed home, checked on their loved ones, and waited.
  — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
• Loved the flavor but would love more specifics and checks on measurements!
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2023
• The medical team borrows your spare key to check on her.
  — Curbed, 28 July 2023
• Even if its your most outgoing fun friend, check on them.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• Employees and guests could then be seen moving to check on her.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• Members of the Alpine Rescue Team hiked to the dog's location and checked on her well-being.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• The Internal Revenue Service, though, says there’s no check on the way.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
• His 21-year-old son went to check on the pair on Oct. 10 after he was left concerned when Moyes didn’t answer his texts.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• Clark checked on Spraggan, now 31, later that night and closed her door thereafter.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
• The officer got out to check on the man and saw that he had been shot in the upper part of his body, authorities said.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Some states have a look-up tool that can be used to check on licensing, according to the agency.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Paramedics and Child Protective Services were then called to the home to check on the kids' health and safety, the constable's office said.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
• Mother checked on them and occasionally sprinkled a bit of whiskey over the cheesecloth to keep the cakes nice and moist.
  — Cassandra King, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
• It is designed to serve as an impartial check on Fort Worth police.
  — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
• This was done during the pause, to check on people’s food-security situation, both in the north and in the south.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2024
• The employees said the app felt like another way to check on their location.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• If an alarm goes off in the cab of the train, the conductor needs to stay at the front while a second makeshift security officer walks the length of the train back to check on it.
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
• Hardwick was found dead in his Texas home in August after someone called in a welfare check on the voice actor.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Police did a wellness check on their home and did not find either of them there, Koep’s sister, Pauline Dutton, said.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• Robinson travels to France at least once a quarter, for around four to six weeks, to check on her brand’s harvest and production.
  — Deanna Taylor, Essence, 16 Oct. 2023
• Protesters called for checks on the king’s power, breaking a social taboo in a country where the monarch has always been revered.
  — Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• Local fans are eager to check on the progress of redshirt freshman Lucky Sutton (Cathedral Catholic).
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024