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

The photograph shows two men carrying a body as two others look on. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

During a seemingly regular day at camp, Jason swims too far and drowns as the other campers and staff look on helplessly. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

The new clips also show how Swift interacted with the rest of the cast and crew on set, continuously checking how the shots looked on a monitor. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Virtual try-ons are powered by AI software that lets shoppers see how clothing, glasses or jewelry will look on them before buying, and the market is projected to more than quintuple by the end of the decade. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Her shoes were very similar in style to her mother’s, and the pair looked on as Princess Leonor marched in the parade in formal military attire to celebrate completing three years of training. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

The ad jumps from a clip of Donalds and Mason arguing to body camera footage showing an aide of Donalds, who is Black, appearing to angrily confront someone as Donalds looks on in the background. — Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Lynda Levin, right, looks on as Cheryl Goodman decorates a stone during a vigil to honor of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel at the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana in Munster, Indiana Wednesday October 7, 2026. — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

The light, airy looks on the runway felt particularly fitting for the unexpected warmth of October in Paris, with the temperature at some shows feeling almost reminiscent of the most recent men’s or couture weeks. — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 7 Oct. 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