look on
verb
looked on; looking on; looks on
: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines
Examples of look on in a Sentence
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The royal sisters looked on as attendees came to view an exhibition of royal treasures in their childhood home at 145 Piccadilly in London.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
This was good news for people like me who had until then been looking on with jealousy.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Sims entered and struck out Jake Fraley looking on a pitch that initially was called a ball on a 3-2 count but was overturned to a strike on a challenge.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
In a crowd of protesters looking on, a young woman's phone rang.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
In the new footage, shown during Disney’s presentation on Thursday, Bonnie is gifted Lilypad and immediately gets sucked in, spending all her hours on it day and night, as the toys anxiously look on.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Think about how the listing looks on the screen, too.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
The Blue Jackets had several clean looks on Korpisalo in the third.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
The Trojans looked on their way to a 13th straight win and an MPSF tournament title before the fourth quarter of Sunday’s final.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
This was good news for people like me who had until then been looking on with jealousy.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Sims entered and struck out Jake Fraley looking on a pitch that initially was called a ball on a 3-2 count but was overturned to a strike on a challenge.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
In a crowd of protesters looking on, a young woman's phone rang.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
In the new footage, shown during Disney’s presentation on Thursday, Bonnie is gifted Lilypad and immediately gets sucked in, spending all her hours on it day and night, as the toys anxiously look on.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Think about how the listing looks on the screen, too.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
The Blue Jackets had several clean looks on Korpisalo in the third.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
The Trojans looked on their way to a 13th straight win and an MPSF tournament title before the fourth quarter of Sunday’s final.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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