look on

verb

looked on; looking on; looks on

intransitive verb

: watch sense 3b

looked on anxiously from the sidelines

Examples of look on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, hours later, 22-year-old amateur Josh Hill looked over a birdie putt of just 3 feet, with thousands circling the 18th green at Lahinch in southwest Ireland as two nervous teams looked on. — Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Little Cheol looks on, unnoticed, from the back of every room. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

Kansas governor hopeful Ty Masterson is trying out a new look on his campaign website and social media. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026

Smith struck out looking on a pitch that, upon review, just nicked the edge of the zone. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Elsewhere in the carousel, a video showed Hadid jumping into the water while her friends looked on. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026

At one point during the fight, another Keystone Oaks coach, Joseph Kobiak, 35, and the Canton were seen throwing a punch at the other's head as bystanders looked on and called to watch the kids, according to the video and the criminal complaint. — Matt Foster, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

In the next scene, Musk sits at a roundtable with his army of early 20s DOGE staffers, looking on proudly alongside Fox News’ Jesse Watters. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Rockstar opened pre-orders for the game in June and released an extended look on Netflix, its official YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI site in late August. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for look on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon