Look example sentences
Related (13): gaze, glance, stare, watch, observe, appear, seem, search, examine, view, sight, appearance, expression
"Look" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- look forward to
- look into
- look after
- look down on
- look up to
- look out for
- look like
- look at
- look around
- look back
- take a look
- look over
- look away
- look in the eye
Examples by Level
A1
- I look at the sky and see clouds.
- She looks happy today.
A2
- Can you look at my homework and tell me if it's right?
- He doesn't look well — maybe he should see a doctor.
B1
- I look forward to the weekend more than anything else right now.
- The way things look, we might not make the deadline.
B2
- If you look closely at the evidence, the story doesn't quite add up.
- She's learned to look past people's first impressions and see who they really are.
C1
- What we look for in a partner often reveals more about ourselves than about them.
- The situation, upon closer inspection, doesn't look nearly as promising as the initial reports suggested.
C2
- There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from having to constantly look over your shoulder, wondering what people are thinking.
- He'd spent years learning to look beyond the surface of things, to see the patterns others missed.
Examples by Scenario
🏠 Everyday Life
- I look out the window every morning to check if it's raining before I get dressed.
- My kid won't look at me when I'm trying to tell her off — she just stares at the floor.
💼 Workplace
- I look over the reports every Friday to catch any mistakes before they go to the boss.
- The team doesn't look motivated since they announced the restructuring.
📊 Business
- We look at quarterly metrics to determine whether we're on track with our growth targets.
- Investors look for companies with strong fundamentals and clear paths to profitability.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
- I look at the price tag and immediately put it back — way too expensive.
- You have to look carefully at the ingredients list because companies hide stuff in the fine print.
✈️ Travel
- I look out the airplane window the entire flight — I can't help it.
- The hotel looked nothing like the pictures online, but we made the best of it.
📚 Education
- The teacher asked us to look at the historical context before making judgments about the text.
- Students look to their peers for validation more than they look to grades.
❤️ Relationships
- The way he looked at her when she walked in the room told me everything I needed to know.
- I look back on that relationship now and wonder what I was thinking.
📰 News / Politics
- If you look at the polling data, the race is tighter than anyone expected.
- The media won't look too closely at the contradictions in his story.
💻 Technology
- I look at my screen time stats and feel genuinely ashamed.
- The app looks sleek, but it doesn't actually do anything useful.
📝 Formal Writing
- When we look at the data across multiple years, a clear trend emerges.
- The report recommends that stakeholders look beyond short-term gains to consider long-term sustainability.