look back
phrasal verb
looked back; looking back; looks back
: to think about something in the past
Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.
I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.
How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.
Examples of look back in a Sentence
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Entertainment Weekly looks back at the franchise 45 years later.
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Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 25 May 2024
And looking back over the last few years, almost all of Mr. Trump’s gains have come from these less engaged voters.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 24 May 2024
To make these predictions, look back a couple decades or so, and then find those watches that resonate with your gut taste.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
Aparicio’s poetic sculptural forms look back half a century to the Post-Minimal art of the 1970s — especially process art, in which predetermined and accidental methods of their making replace personal decisions as the chief driver in creating the form.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Game 1: The Bruins scored goals on each of their final three shots of the second period and never looked back to beat the Panthers 5-1 at Sunrise’s Amerant Bank Arena.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
My wide-eyed, naive yet extremely motivated 21-year-old self got on that plane and never looked back.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 16 May 2024
Until then, and in honor of her birthday today, below, take a look back at 24 times Janet Jackson gave us major beauty inspiration over the years .
—Akili King, Essence, 16 May 2024
Although, for many, Margaret Thatcher remains a divisive figure, others are looking back with nostalgia at her character and at her achievements as prime minister in the 1980s.
—Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024
Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 25 May 2024
And looking back over the last few years, almost all of Mr. Trump’s gains have come from these less engaged voters.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 24 May 2024
To make these predictions, look back a couple decades or so, and then find those watches that resonate with your gut taste.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
Aparicio’s poetic sculptural forms look back half a century to the Post-Minimal art of the 1970s — especially process art, in which predetermined and accidental methods of their making replace personal decisions as the chief driver in creating the form.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Game 1: The Bruins scored goals on each of their final three shots of the second period and never looked back to beat the Panthers 5-1 at Sunrise’s Amerant Bank Arena.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
My wide-eyed, naive yet extremely motivated 21-year-old self got on that plane and never looked back.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 16 May 2024
Until then, and in honor of her birthday today, below, take a look back at 24 times Janet Jackson gave us major beauty inspiration over the years .
—Akili King, Essence, 16 May 2024
Although, for many, Margaret Thatcher remains a divisive figure, others are looking back with nostalgia at her character and at her achievements as prime minister in the 1980s.
—Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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