look around
idiom
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
Take notice of your surroundings: When walking to, or getting in and out of your car, look around.
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Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
While dining at restaurant, be sure to take a look around to find the hidden speakeasy.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Some of these courses might offer free trials or non-certified access to the curriculum, and some sites run promotional offers, so look around and choose carefully.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Take a look around: PIE.ZAA Location: 1440 South Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28203
Menu
Cuisine: Italian, pizza
Instagram: @pie_zaa
This story was originally published February 13, 2024, 8:04 AM.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
Always before, our hunters have left quietly, in perfect chronology, as orderly as children filing out to playground recess, one at a time, each successive oldest passing through that door—as if leaving the camp house to go look around for something; one more hunt and then not coming back.
—Rick Bass, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
But look around: With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, gun violence committed by mostly male mass shooters, and the rampant misogyny of Trumpism, being a man is not precisely in at the moment.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
After tents were pitched and food stored and rules agreed upon, people wandered out onto the playa look around.
—Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
This causes the moose to step back and look around for a moment.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
While dining at restaurant, be sure to take a look around to find the hidden speakeasy.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Some of these courses might offer free trials or non-certified access to the curriculum, and some sites run promotional offers, so look around and choose carefully.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Take a look around: PIE.ZAA Location: 1440 South Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28203
Menu
Cuisine: Italian, pizza
Instagram: @pie_zaa
This story was originally published February 13, 2024, 8:04 AM.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
Always before, our hunters have left quietly, in perfect chronology, as orderly as children filing out to playground recess, one at a time, each successive oldest passing through that door—as if leaving the camp house to go look around for something; one more hunt and then not coming back.
—Rick Bass, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
But look around: With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, gun violence committed by mostly male mass shooters, and the rampant misogyny of Trumpism, being a man is not precisely in at the moment.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
After tents were pitched and food stored and rules agreed upon, people wandered out onto the playa look around.
—Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
This causes the moose to step back and look around for a moment.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
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