looks on

verb

present tense third-person singular of look on
as in looks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looks on
  1. looks
  2. stares
  3. gazes
  4. peers
  5. glares
  6. gapes
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  • For somewhere closer to home, check a light pollution map and head to an area that looks dark.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • This collection of designs looks good, lasts and makes life a little easier.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of looks
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  • While Jon Moxley stares Ospreay down, Daniel Garcia speaks up and gets hit by Ospreay.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Late July once again stares back from the calendar’s final line.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of stares
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  • Yet Etna gazes sensitively upon the vulnerable American soldiers who command him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The Child has placed his foot on the basket of yarns and has grasped the yarnwinder and gazes attentively at the four spokes that are in the form of a cross.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of gazes
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  • The rooftop champagne bar, whose terrace peers across the city and cathedral, still feels like something of a secret despite being within walking distance of Reims’s main attractions.
    — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That growth came even as macroeconomic uncertainty continues to mount for consumers and appears to weigh on Disney’s parks peers.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of peers
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  • My eleven-year-old self rolls her eyes, glares at my thirty-six-year-old body, and silently calls me fat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of glares
Verb
  • Straitjacketed inside the inescapable present, Pearl gapes up to discover that her husband, Walker, has found her; Walker was always going to find her.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of gapes
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“Looks on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looks%20on. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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