How to Use look around in a Sentence

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  • This causes the moose to step back and look around for a moment.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Being trapped in that space gave me a lot of time to look around at things.
    — William Earl, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The two men look around, notice even more skull stuff—a scarf, a mug—and flee.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The players and coaches look around for a beat — then duck and run.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • There are a lot of reasons to go out in nature to look around.
    — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Walk down the street of any city, any afternoon, and look around you.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Sturges would likely look around and see a lot of fodder for a good script.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Now is the perfect time to climb out of your isolation and look around.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • Each time, the couple dozen people on board each one step off and take a look around.
    — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Josh has the ability to see four steps ahead and to look around corners.
    — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • While dining at restaurant, be sure to take a look around to find the hidden speakeasy.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Reid tells them to look around the room and realize many of their teammates will soon be gone.
    — Adam Kilgore, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • People look around, alarmed or thrilled, as farmers try to take down their tents, or hold on to them.
    — Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
  • Before throwing his first pitch at Fenway in 10-plus years, Bard took the time to look around and take it all in.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • Check us out on any of our social media platforms and take a look around!
    — Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Check us out on any of these social media platforms and take a look around!
    — USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • Check us out on any ofthese social media platforms and take a look around!
    — Matt Preis, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • Before putting it in your cart, look around real fast and, when no one is looking, sniff that kale.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • Plan ahead, at least around the corner The final step of the three-part follow-up is to look around the corner at future tasks or projects.
    — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Go deeper: 5 Charlotte airport projects to watch Take a look around.
    — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 29 July 2024
  • Johnson, the most adept politician of his era, took a look around and decided not to run for reëlection.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The moon, named for the fish that appear in the Great Lakes region this time of year, will look around 7 percent larger than the typical full moon.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Take notice of your surroundings: When walking to, or getting in and out of your car, look around.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Take notice of your surroundings: When walking to, or getting in and out of your car, look around.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Harrison Taggart implored his teammates to stay out on the field and look around.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • White teachers can look around their schools and understand.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024
  • Just look around you, nearly all of America’s youth has its head down looking at their phone.
    — Leonard Armato, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • After tents were pitched and food stored and rules agreed upon, people wandered out onto the playa look around.
    — Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Above all, look around the neighborhood to identify plants that are doing well.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • If direct flights to Paris are pricey, look around and see if routes to, say, Amsterdam are cheaper on those dates.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024

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