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

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My friends were confused by my abrupt stop and the frightened and befuddled look on my face — except for one, whose eyes were also bulging wide. Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024 Jenner posted the look on Instagram crediting Rousteing and Balmain. Chiara Kim, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024 In 2018, footage emerged showing the 15-year-old – a refugee from Syria – being taunted, grabbed by the throat and pushed to the ground, as other students at his school in Huddersfield, northern England, looked on. Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024 The chocolate brown gloss is highly pigmented, creating a buttery application that leaves the most luxurious look on your lips. Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for look on 

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 14 Nov. 2024.

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