look on
verb
looked on; looking on; looks on
: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines
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Bleary-eyed arrivals fresh off their third flight grin with anticipation as those on their way out, sporting a tan, look on in envy.
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Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Applause intermingled with tears as the families of the Camp Mystic campers and counselors looked on, many with small children fidgeting in their Sunday-best attire behind the governor.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Angel Reese #5 and head coach Tyler Marsh of the Chicago Sky look on against the Las Vegas Aces at Wintrust Arena on August 25, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Tens of thousands of spectators in Beijing looked on as the People’s Republic unveiled laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles, and giant underwater drones alongside armored vehicles, tanks, and parading soldiers whose marching prowess put the rest of the world to shame.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
This look on the rapper, worn for her performance at the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge launch party, is a great starting point.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The event will last 70 minutes and include soldiers, tanks, anti-drone systems and aircraft passing through Tiananmen Square as President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin look on.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sounders defender Yeimar Andrade, 33, approached and separated Suarez and Vargas, who was laughing and celebrating the victory with his teammate Cody Baker, 21, as a seething Suarez looked on.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The group’s members respond in kind, crooning the song’s longing lyrics in Korean at Minogue as the studio audience lose it and their other four bandmates, and J Balvin, look on with big smiles from chairs just offstage.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2025
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Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Applause intermingled with tears as the families of the Camp Mystic campers and counselors looked on, many with small children fidgeting in their Sunday-best attire behind the governor.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Angel Reese #5 and head coach Tyler Marsh of the Chicago Sky look on against the Las Vegas Aces at Wintrust Arena on August 25, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Tens of thousands of spectators in Beijing looked on as the People’s Republic unveiled laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles, and giant underwater drones alongside armored vehicles, tanks, and parading soldiers whose marching prowess put the rest of the world to shame.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
This look on the rapper, worn for her performance at the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge launch party, is a great starting point.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The event will last 70 minutes and include soldiers, tanks, anti-drone systems and aircraft passing through Tiananmen Square as President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin look on.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sounders defender Yeimar Andrade, 33, approached and separated Suarez and Vargas, who was laughing and celebrating the victory with his teammate Cody Baker, 21, as a seething Suarez looked on.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The group’s members respond in kind, crooning the song’s longing lyrics in Korean at Minogue as the studio audience lose it and their other four bandmates, and J Balvin, look on with big smiles from chairs just offstage.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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