How to Use look down in a Sentence
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For whatever reason, God looked down on me and gave me a second shot at this thing.
— Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Johnson looked down at her hands and cried, mostly silently, as Dever played the videos.
— Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024 -
Rocks tumble from the goat’s feet in full view of a surveillance camera on the wall pointing directly at the long horned bovine, which looks down onto the street.
— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024 -
The main cover was supposed to be me with the blue swimsuit and the crown looking down, but the other [look] ended up photographing so flawless and timeless.
— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024 -
So, the world looks up at you in that spot, and the world looks down on you.
— Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2023 -
The actor slumped and looked down after the guilty charges were read.
— Wesley Parnell, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023 -
The day is done; O God the Son, look down upon thy little one!
— Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022 -
In the scene, Goth was to run past him, and sometimes step over him, look down and keep running.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Angela looks down at her shirt, at the Rorschach imprint of Will’s damp chest.
— Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Ben looked stricken, paused for a moment and then looked down at me.
— Sally Quinn, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 -
The first look down the runway was a full-length ivory dress with a simple mock neckline.
— Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The fastball and the splitter and the slider, that's really great to look down there and see.
— The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023 -
The ex-deputy walked away sobbing, red in the face and looking down, shackles around his waist and wrists.
— Emma Tucker, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 -
When the dust settles, Torres looks down to see a shiv sticking out of his side.
— EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024 -
At one point, her only response to his bon mots was to look down at his footwear.
— Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024 -
So, instead of looking down where his legs and feet should have been, Cole looked up.
— Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023 -
Who doesn’t want to look down at his wrist and be reminded of the feats of great men and women who wore them?
— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024 -
The man, wearing red shorts and a blue T-shirt, climbed to the edge of an overpass looking down onto Ninth Ave.
— Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024 -
The dress gets ripped open (Brooke’s gasp echoes that of the viewer), and then Brooke looks down at Chris and realizes something.
— Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 29 June 2024 -
The man looked down at his worn sneakers planted on Jungle ground.
— Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024 -
This is looked down on by my siblings, who have a very narrow worldview.
— Abigail Van Buren, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Blake Griffin, a veteran who has seen it all, looked down at the white board and had a message for his coach.
— Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023 -
In the first photo, the rapper looked down at the ground while walking, and her chunky twists fell forward over her shoulders.
— Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Clear skies favor Israel, which dominates the airspace and wants to be able to look down to see what awaits its ground forces.
— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The crowd on the lawn of the WWI memorial was the most silent, chairs spaced far apart as residents looked down onto the stage below.
— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024 -
We’re not supposed to look down our noses at pop culture anymore.
— David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023 -
In one photo, a woman in a flannel shirt stood over the bodies and looked down, holding her hand to her mouth.
— Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023 -
But Crawford hit a baseline jumper 19 seconds later and Cy Falls couldn’t get an open look down the stretch.
— Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2023 -
One man — tall, gray-haired — offered my mom a pity nod before looking down at his plate.
— Kate Brody, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024 -
Their head is looking down instead of focusing on the road.
— Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
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