long look

noun

: an act of looking at someone or something for a long time
She gave him a long look.

Examples of long look in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cincinnati’s front office is going to have to take a long look at the safety position this offseason. The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2024 The excerpt takes a long look at the services that are popping up as part of the new digital afterlife industry: Some companies offer to send out messages on your behalf after your demise, others enable you to record stories that others can later play back by asking questions. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2023 Giving those two players a long look in practices and preseason games is vital. Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023 Football season is back and the Sports by Northwest podcast takes a long look at what the No. 13 Oregon Ducks and No. 16 Oregon State Beavers showed during their opening week victories. Afentres, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023 Mike McCarthy wants a long look at Aubrey inside AT&T Stadium. Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023 Long before two years off in which the gymnastics star took a step back, took a long look at the arc of her record-setting career and decided she wasn’t done. Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023 Without definitively answering questions of guilt or innocence, the series makes a strong case for new sets of eyes to take a long look at what happened to Boyer, and why. Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023 And Bowman took a good, long look at himself in the mirror. Paul Newberry, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023

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“Long look.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20look. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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