looked up

past tense of look up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of looked up While there are some exceptions, most schools who have left their historic homes to join a shiny new neighborhood like the SEC, Big Ten and ACC have looked up years later to find their wallets fat but their trophy case bare. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 Now Ronny looked up at her expectantly. Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025 Dropping to pass, Herbert looked up to see Kansas City’s edge rusher Chris Jones racing toward him. Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025 My eyes looked up at a clock tower from the 15th century before tracing the intricate facades of the ancient churches and buildings with their iron balconies, decorative corbels and archways. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 Phones were put down, laptops closed, heads looked up, and eye contact was made. Melissa Daimler, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 John Candy dropped coins and looked up her skirt in Splash (1984). Liz McNeil, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Then Bruce looked up and gestured with a drumstick. Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looked up
Verb
  • While Alexander-Arnold’s signing had been pursued by the club since last year, Alonso’s conviction and insistence were key in landing Huijsen, Carreras and Mastantuono.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While traveling with a driver and bodyguard, their car, pursued by paparazzi, crashed into a support column, flipped and landed in front of oncoming traffic.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chorizo, shrimp, clams, and corn soak in a rich beer-and-butter broth, brightened with lemon and parsley to deliver all the flavor of a hands-on boil without the mess.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There’s much, much more to the culture, of course, and there are positive and negative associations with ultras around Germany and beyond, but this was another occasion brightened by their work.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • European hunters, many of them colonial officers, sought the Barbary lion as a trophy.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Looked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looked%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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