looking on

verb

present participle of look on
as in staring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking on
  1. staring
  2. gazing
  3. looking
  4. gaping
  5. gawking
  6. glaring
  7. peering
  8. viewing
Verb
  • But the differences between this and their dreams were staring them in the face.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Bo grinned, staring at the pale-blue walls of the large classroom.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of staring
Verb
  • In its center sat perched a one-eyed cat, gazing toward the window.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • The sequence in the film involving Matt running away from a premiere continues with the character gazing horrified upon his oozing complexion in the reflection of a storefront window.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Definition of gazing
Verb
  • But young Britons are increasingly looking elsewhere for social connection and embracing sober alternatives to mingle.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • That allows the pigment to transfer subtly into the lashes for a softer, more natural-looking finish.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
Definition of looking
Verb
  • The closure, first announced last fall, ends a 15-year run at the corner of Houston Street and Lafayette Avenue and leaves a gaping void in the New York City outdoor retail landscape.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
  • Decapitated, the fairy of Smoking with Oneself (2021–26) puffs a cigarette from the gaping red maw of her throat.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of gaping
Verb
  • Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of gawking
Verb
  • Once launched, Eärendil-1 would deploy an 18-meter-wide steerable mirror to demonstrate that technological feat; anyone or anything in the path of its beam would see the satellite as a glaring dot shining up to four times brighter than a full moon.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
  • The Wolves responded by addressing that glaring need with Ball.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of glaring
Verb
  • Looking at photographs from that time is like peering into a foreign landscape.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Early paleontologists could describe their shapes but had no way to dig deeper by peering inside the bones.
    — Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
Definition of peering
Verb
  • There are also select theaters with premium large format viewing experiences, in 4DX and DBox.
    — Zuri Primos July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • According to Netflix, live programming punches above its weight for the streamer relative to viewing time.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of viewing
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“Looking on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20on. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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