look on

verb

1. adverb to be a spectator at an event or incident
2. Alsolook upon preposition to consider or regard

   he looks on his mother-in-law with disapproval

   she looked on the whole affair as a joke

Derived Forms

• ˌlooker-ˈon, noun

Example Sentences

Personal testimony from all sides fuel a five-part look on PBS by director James Bluemel at Northern Ireland over 30 years of political and sectarian violence.

From Los Angeles Times

Wiese’s late score put a cruel look on the board for Scotland.

From BBC

I see the scared look on their faces.

From Los Angeles Times

And rap stars reciprocated his affection, looking on Jones as an inspirational elder statesman of black American music.

From BBC

By that evidence, the look on his face as he spews hate on the campaign trail is not human.

From Salon

Related Words

• note
• notice
• observe
• respect
• see
• view
• watch
• witness