How to Use at it in a Sentence
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Looking at it that way, Europe has much catching up to do, experts say.
— Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024 -
Look at it this way: Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, governed by Mars, the planet of action, aggression and desire.
— Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Parallel parking is arguably the hardest part of driving, but succeeding at it is the most gratifying.
— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Some people are better at it than others, and JD Vance seems to be one of the worst at it in terms of feeling like a normal human being.
— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024 -
Now, the two are back at it and advancing the ball on bringing funding to small businesses, which Simone pointed out was difficult even before the legal hurdles.
— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Sheila Kearns, age 43, was hired to work in the park’s Paradise Inn in August, and by all accounts was so good at it that she was hired to stay on through the winter.
— Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024 -
This creative biodiversity is very important because there shouldn’t be just one model, because there isn’t just one audience, and because the way of explaining the world, of looking at it, varies.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 -
As Michalek looked at it, a door opened on the side of the building.
— Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023 -
The 49ers like to play zone defense and are good at it.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024 -
And then the whole world looked at it, saying: ‘Wait a minute.
— Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 May 2024 -
And to let off stress, the new chief likes to go at it with a punching bag in the station.
— Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024 -
To be able to do all of this, and excel at it, is a feat not lost on Locke.
— Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024 -
An easy way to commune with the moon is to go outside and look at it.
— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023 -
López told me that Foster turned out to be very adept at it.
— Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2024 -
Some of the works have humor to them, but that’s just one way of looking at it.
— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024 -
The Heat is right back at it on Tuesday to complete the West Coast back-to-back set.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024 -
So, look at it this way: Jack Murphy was a man for his time.
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023 -
Try your hand at it with a little help from our Test Kitchen.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2024 -
This can put you more in control of your data and who gets to look at it.
— Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023 -
Well, one way to look at it is the U.S. team, until Monday, hadn’t won a medal since 2008.
— John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024 -
Eat the wing down to the bone in a matter of seconds, stare straight into the camera, and then throw the wing at it.
— Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024 -
Pointing your phone at it took you to a site with pro-Matildas chants.
— Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023 -
There will even be space for visitors to try their hand at it.
— oregonlive, 12 July 2023 -
With my parents, there’s two ways of looking at it, right?
— Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Do not dare try to look at it with your bare eyes or sunglasses!
— Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024 -
Another sat for a long while by the trap, just looking at it.
— Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 -
The principal was saying ‘Don’t look at it as a bad thing.
— Athena Jones, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Jaylen Harrell also looks at it as a good-on-good matchup, as the two teams’ strengths lie in the trenches.
— Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023 -
After glancing at it, Jones strained not to let her anger show.
— Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Expensive for his role, but perhaps best in the league at it.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
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