look back

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Olivia Wilde is looking back on pressure to keep quiet about her relationship with Harry Styles. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

Or now, looking back, something more out of a comedy. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 24 June 2026

To create something wholly new, the narrative team looked back to other games with a low barrier to entry, particularly early 2000s Nintendo consoles that invited novices to join the fold. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for look back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback