window-shop
verb
win·dow-shop
ˈwin-dō-ˌshäp 
-də-
window-shopped; window-shopping; window-shops
: to look at the displays in retail store windows without going inside the stores to make purchases
window-shopper
noun
Examples of window-shop in a Sentence
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Since open enrollment begins next month, insurers will need to start posting premium prices for customers to window-shop in the coming days.
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Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 7 Oct. 2025
Trek to the world-famous Hollywood Sign, admire the sweeping city views from the Griffith Observatory, window-shop along Rodeo Drive, and check out the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
On Market Street, the entertainment and fashion district of the upscale mega-suburb The Woodlands, north of the big city, people window-shop high-end boutiques and hit the many eateries at dusk when temperatures hovered in the 100s.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
But that isn’t the point of it, so take your time: sit in the gardens, marvel at the blooms, window-shop along the way, and bask in the romance of spring in Paris.
—Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2023
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Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 7 Oct. 2025
Trek to the world-famous Hollywood Sign, admire the sweeping city views from the Griffith Observatory, window-shop along Rodeo Drive, and check out the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
On Market Street, the entertainment and fashion district of the upscale mega-suburb The Woodlands, north of the big city, people window-shop high-end boutiques and hit the many eateries at dusk when temperatures hovered in the 100s.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
But that isn’t the point of it, so take your time: sit in the gardens, marvel at the blooms, window-shop along the way, and bask in the romance of spring in Paris.
—Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2023
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“Window-shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window-shop. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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