How to Use look through in a Sentence

look through

phrasal verb
  • Quartz’s Bruce Gil looked through the poll’s crosstabs and picked out which media brands are beloved by which ends of the political divide.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Check out some of the looks through the years that stole the show.
    Essence, 8 May 2024
  • Cold and naked, with the eyes of the world on me, or perhaps looking through me.
    Django Gold, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The driver then looks through the gap and starts running away.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Ahead, see their best matching looks through the years.
    Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Take a look through the collection on louisvuitton.com.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At night my mother would look through the barbed wire fence to get a glimpse of my father.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Rodriguez, who crochets in her spare time, looked through the yarn.
    Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Princess Diana was often photographed in the same looks through the years.
    Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 26 June 2024
  • With your back facing the sun, look through the viewing opening.
    USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • With your back facing the sun, look through the viewing opening.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • And as each sound comes in, your brain looks through its database to see if it's got the same pattern of sound.
    Jennifer Billock, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Parents of younger teens were more likely to look through their kids' phones.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 12 Mar. 2024
  • My favorite thing to do is look through design books both new and old.
    Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Take a look through some of her most iconic looks below.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 June 2023
  • The men in the car were looking through binoculars down the street in the direction of the Thompsons' home.
    Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • The Pentagram team looked through our archive to pull ideas and start down this road.
    Michael Mrak, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Ansel Adams looked through his lens from the sky and saw them as elegant waves rippling across the hills.
    Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Take a look through the best capri pants moments in street style to inspire your best summer 2023 ‘fit.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 22 July 2023
  • Open it and look through it to bug your sister (my uncle) or mother (me).
    Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
  • Take a look through these fashion-defining looks from the heartthrob.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Men whose eyes might have lingered before looked through me now.
    Shahnaz Habib, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2023
  • PCMag only looked through a dozen of the complaints to avoid racking up court fees.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Aries March 21 – April 19 Trying to see your way forward could be like looking through a cloud of smoke.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
  • There's nothing like being able to look at ourselves by looking through the eyes of things that aren't us.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 June 2024
  • According to the outlet, the private search and rescue team has looked through 95% of the lake with the assistance of divers and drones.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Take a look through the gallery above (or tap here) at some of the more interesting items that have been pullled from the river.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2024
  • The app helps users look through adorable photos of pets in their area by breed, gender, size, and other factors.
    Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • The headset also allows users to look through the headset and change the display using their eyes, hands and voice.
    Sara Ruberg, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • Find a spot along the parks’ beaches on the Chesapeake Bay or Potomac River and sift through sand at the shoreline or wade out a little bit and look through the sediment there.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024

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