look back

phrasal verb

looked back; looking back; looks back

: to think about something in the past

Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.

I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.

How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.

Examples of look back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To mark the couple’s wedding anniversary, here’s a look back at how the pair has supported and shown each other love throughout their love story. —Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024

To look back and see my parents in the stands crying and celebrating. —Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 9 June 2024

Sajak has looked back on decades of WOF this week in a series of interviews with his daughter. —EW.com, 8 June 2024

As someone who was in a similar situation as a child in need yourself, looking back, what would have been most helpful to you at that time? —Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024

Neither superstar suited up for that final practice, nor did several other mainstays, but the reigning NFC Championship gang looked back together. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024

And for a unique look back at the inaugural Fortune 500 from 1955 and other historical highlights from the pages of Fortune, subscribe to our brand-new Fortune Archives newsletter, which lands in inboxes weekly beginning this Sunday, June 9. —Bylydia Belanger, Fortune, 4 June 2024

Editor’s note: Thanks to Doug Elwell for suggesting this Vintage look back at the invasion at Normandy. —Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024

Entertainment Weekly looks back at the franchise 45 years later. —Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 25 May 2024