How to Use long look in a Sentence

long look

noun
  • For Purdue, that starts with a long look in the mirror.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • And Bowman took a good, long look at himself in the mirror.
    Paul Newberry, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • Madrigal continues to get a long look there this spring.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Right-hander Noah Davis will also get a long look during camp.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • At one point during the brief hearing, Eaton turned and took a long look at relatives of the Egers, who were in attendance.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Given all that, even at something less than 100%, Ertz is likely to get a long look before the World Cup roster is set.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • However, the architecture and scenery of the Sonoma Glass House is worth taking a good, long look at.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
  • New line coach Pat Flaherty is giving Allen a long look for a starting tackle job.
    Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2023
  • Long before two years off in which the gymnastics star took a step back, took a long look at the arc of her record-setting career and decided she wasn’t done.
    Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Jeremiah said the Colts should take a long look at Stroud, particularly if the Texans go with someone else at No. 2.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Giving those two players a long look in practices and preseason games is vital.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Rookie Malik Mustapha, a third-round pick from Wake Forest, will get a long look, more likely as a box safety than as a center fielder.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
  • Cincinnati’s front office is going to have to take a long look at the safety position this offseason.
    The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Jordan will get a long look at making the two-deep, as will another redshirt freshman Kord Shaw.
    oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Without definitively answering questions of guilt or innocence, the series makes a strong case for new sets of eyes to take a long look at what happened to Boyer, and why.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
  • With Slater and Mike Yastrzemski (shoulder) nursing respective ailments, the former first-round draft pick should get a long look under the new coaching staff.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Aurora City Council is continuing what has become a long look at its regulations concerning food trucks.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023

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