How to Use look down in a Sentence

look down

verb
  • So, the world looks up at you in that spot, and the world looks down on you.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2023
  • In the middle of the three-and-a-half-minute ride, our guide said to look down at our feet.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The actor slumped and looked down after the guilty charges were read.
    Wesley Parnell, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The day is done; O God the Son, look down upon thy little one!
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Some people in the courtroom gallery sobbed as the video was played, while Stines looked down.
    CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In the scene, Goth was to run past him, and sometimes step over him, look down and keep running.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And look down the ballot, at the many other races that'll impact our day-to-day lives.
    Alexandria Sands, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Angela looks down at her shirt, at the Rorschach imprint of Will’s damp chest.
    Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Ben looked stricken, paused for a moment and then looked down at me.
    Sally Quinn, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • The first look down the runway was a full-length ivory dress with a simple mock neckline.
    Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The fastball and the splitter and the slider, that's really great to look down there and see.
    The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The ex-deputy walked away sobbing, red in the face and looking down, shackles around his waist and wrists.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • When the dust settles, Torres looks down to see a shiv sticking out of his side.
    EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
  • At one point, her only response to his bon mots was to look down at his footwear.
    Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
  • So, instead of looking down where his legs and feet should have been, Cole looked up.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Who doesn’t want to look down at his wrist and be reminded of the feats of great men and women who wore them?
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This images captures a moment in the life of a red ant looking down at us.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The man, wearing red shorts and a blue T-shirt, climbed to the edge of an overpass looking down onto Ninth Ave.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
  • The dress gets ripped open (Brooke’s gasp echoes that of the viewer), and then Brooke looks down at Chris and realizes something.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 29 June 2024
  • The man looked down at his worn sneakers planted on Jungle ground.
    Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • Exhale, shifting your spine and neck into a C-curve, and look down toward the mat.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Oct. 2024
  • This is looked down on by my siblings, who have a very narrow worldview.
    Abigail Van Buren, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Blake Griffin, a veteran who has seen it all, looked down at the white board and had a message for his coach.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
  • She can be seen looking down and holding her hands on her stomach.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • In the first photo, the rapper looked down at the ground while walking, and her chunky twists fell forward over her shoulders.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Clear skies favor Israel, which dominates the airspace and wants to be able to look down to see what awaits its ground forces.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The crowd on the lawn of the WWI memorial was the most silent, chairs spaced far apart as residents looked down onto the stage below.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
  • For whatever reason, God looked down on me and gave me a second shot at this thing.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
  • We’re not supposed to look down our noses at pop culture anymore.
    David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Williams stood in the courtroom and often looked down during the proceeding.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

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