LOOK in a Sentence

Learn LOOK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for LOOK, such as:
1. Anna tried to look interested.
2. Those muffins look so nice and hot.
3. My agent has a new script for me to look at.
4. He's not competent to look after young children.
5. If you look for it, love actually is all around.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of LOOK
look
 v.  have a certain outward or facial expression
 v.  give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was this hazy tangle from tree to tree which made it all look so mysterious.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  She remembered what Ben Weatherstaff had said and she knelt down to look at them.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  She quite caught her breath as she stopped to look at it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  "Let us sit down on this log and look at them," she said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  "See here," he said suddenly, turning round to look at her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  Dickon followed her with a queer, almost pitying, look on his face.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  "It'd look rare an funny in thy bit of a face," she said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  "Don't look so frightened," he said in a worried voice.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  "Don't look so frightened," he exclaimed.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  She was relieved to hear that she need not "look after" Mary too much.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  My mother died when I was born and it makes him wretched to look at me.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  And my father would not have hated to look at me.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  "He does look rather better, sir," ventured Mrs. Medlock.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
14  Dr. Craven did not look happy when he left the room.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
15  Those muffins look so nice and hot.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When you really look forward to something it's often an anticlimax when it actually happens.
2  Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.
3  If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
4  If you look for it, love actually is all around.
5  Although they look similar, these plants are actually quite distinct.
6  Anna tried to look interested.
7  I'll just look her phone number up in my address book.
8  I will look after her child when she is on a business trip.
9  It is a tradition that the young look after the old in their family.
10  I can't look after six children at my age - it's too much.
11  He's not competent to look after young children.
12  Adults often look back on their childhood as a golden age.
13  My agent has a new script for me to look at.
14  I agree things look difficult, but the situation is far from irretrievable.
15  He sent three scouts ahead to take a look at the bridge.