(v. i.) To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.
(v. i.) To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.
(v. i.) To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.
(v. i.) To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.
(v. i.) In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.
(v. i.) To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.
(v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
(v. t.) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
(v. t.) To seek; to search for.
(v. t.) To expect.
(v. t.) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition.
(v. t.) To express or manifest by a look.
(n.) The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.
(n.) Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look.
(n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.
Example Sentences:
(1) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
(2) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
(3) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(4) I ask a friend to have a stab at, “down at cafe that does us butties”, and he said: “Something to do with his ass?” “Whose arse?” He looked panicked.
(5) Names, and the absence of them, could be important Facebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t look back … Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn.
(6) I would immediately look askance at anyone who lacks the last and possesses the first.
(7) Robben said: "We've got that match, the Fifa Club World Cup, all those games to look forward to.
(8) Cook, who has postbox-red hair and a painful-looking piercing in his lower lip, was now on stage in discussion with four fellow YouTubers, all in their early 20s.
(9) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
(10) The only way we can change it, is if we get people to look in and understand what is happening.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dean, Clare and their baby son.
(11) There are several common clinical signs which should alert the physician to a possible diagnosis of SLE and which should condition him to look for specific clinical and laboratory findings.
(12) It is therefore necessary, to look at typical clinical manifestations, i.e.
(13) It looks like the levels of healthy eating are not as good as they should be.
(14) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
(15) But this is to look at the outcomes in the wrong way.
(16) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
(17) Think of Nelson Mandela – there is a determination, an unwillingness to bend in the face of challenges, that earns you respect and makes people look to you for guidance.
(18) That is, he believes, to look at massively difficult, interlocking problems through too narrow a lens.
(19) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(20) Looks like some kind of dissent, with Ameobi having words with Phil Dowd at the kick off after Liverpool's second goal.
Onlooker
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Told him we'll waive VAT on #BandAid30 so every penny goes to fight Ebola November 15, 2014 Thousands of onlookers turned out to watch the arrival of artists including One Direction, Paloma Faith, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Ellie Goulding and Clean Bandit at Sarm studios in Notting Hill, west London .
(2) I don’t think, at least in Iowa, her almost celebrity status over some of the others gets her any type of advantage.” Palin confused many onlookers with the directions taken in her remarks, which featured a freewheeling preamble of almost 10 minutes – half the time allotted to each speaker.
(3) Other onlookers shivered, recalling Iglesias’s praise for Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chávez and fearing an eruption of Latin American-style populism in a country gripped by debt, austerity and unemployment.
(4) Two witnesses said they thought the gorilla was trying to protect the boy at first, before getting spooked by the screams of onlookers.
(5) Onlookers quickly realised there were hundreds of thousands of servers – and Google was making them itself from spare parts.
(6) In the footage a number of police officers can be seen as a group of people, said to be his friends, attempt to obscure him from the view of onlookers filming the star on their mobile phones.
(7) Driving home after dining out with friends, he'd seen the burning car surrounded by onlookers, fire fighters and police, but could never have imagined what the scene signified.
(8) Madonna told onlookers: “Everybody knows why we’re here … we just want to sing a few songs about peace, just to spread love and joy, and to pay our honour and respect to the people who died almost four weeks ago.
(9) One worker leaving the office yelled out to the onlookers: "You're watching history, man."
(10) When they try to rise, they are kicked in the face and left unconscious before onlookers come to their aid.
(11) Onlookers reported seeing the plane flying low before smashing into a field and coming to a standstill with its nose in the River Stour near the village of Throop.
(12) Some of the games are based around recognisable sports (like football), others around ancient samurai conflicts – but whatever the theme, the nature of the action is absolutely impenetrable to the casual onlooker.
(13) "I have no doubt she was scared," the onlooker told the Sunday People.
(14) RSA’s excuses have convinced some onlookers, others remain sceptical.
(15) We shouldn’t be passive onlookers to Trump’s pantomime presidency any longer.
(16) He arrived in court wearing sunglasses, smiled and waved at onlookers, and seemed relaxed – perhaps hopeful that today's proceedings would secure his release.
(17) Watched by a quiet, oddly tense crowd of onlookers, the couple looked almost unbearably young and vulnerable – as if, one observer joked, on their way to the guillotine.
(18) Several onlookers believe a riot policeman caught her when she jumped, but Adrian insisted he caught her.
(19) Liverpool, with five points out of six games, left it too late and will be jealous onlookers when the Champions League resumes in February.
(20) I have such pale legs and they never burn!” I insouciantly declared to onlookers, a mere 12 hours before I began convulsing, shaking, sweating and finding myself unable to walk for three days.