look around

phrase

1

: to go through a place in order to see what is there : to explore a place

We arrived early at the theater and spent a few minutes looking around.

The kids looked around the shops while we unpacked.

2

: to search (for something)

I looked around for my keys but I couldn't find them anywhere.

He is looking around for a new car.

Examples of look around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of building the look around one oversized center stone, the suite relied on repetition. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

At the grocery store, Jamie Corum sets a two-minute timer for her 10-year-old daughter to look around. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

No need to look around for the rim of a bowl or the edge of your counter, both of which will just drive shell fragments inward and dribble egg everywhere. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026

Ames encourages other people with unexplained symptoms to get tested and to look around their homes for potential mold sources. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for look around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background