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Example sentences for "look over"

  • To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

  • She wants to go to Lowick, to look over papers," said Celia.

  • I want to look over everything--to see if there were any words written for me.

  • How many houses are we going to look over?

  • Her bag was stuffed with keys, and in her hand she carried a book in which were set down the particulars of the houses we were to look over.

  • Defn: To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.

  • To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.

  • I think, having turned to look over my right shoulder, then revolving to look over my left shoulder, I threw my right wrist over on my left leg.

  • Failing to see him over my right shoulder, I turned to look over my left shoulder.

  • Edward Percival's little journal, which she had been reading, was left on the sofa, and Belinda gave it to Helena, who eagerly began to look over it.

  • But we'll go up and have a look over things, and find out maybe more than Leo has told us about our plans.

  • Look over there at that water--where would any canoe be out there?

  • Look over there," said he, "about half a mile, right at the foot of that rock wall.

  • Look over there to the south twenty miles or so, and you'll see Cranberry Lake.

  • Now, I would like you to look over there at the mockup.

  • Now, during the period you were standing there in the garage, were you able to look over in the direction of the Main Street ramp?

  • Now, as you were standing here where we have marked the A and as you looked over toward the armored car, did you have occasion to look over at that armored car?

  • Our young Scheherezade varies her prose stories now and then, as I told you, with compositions in verse, one or two of which she has let me look over.

  • Do you recollect giving some of them to Mr. Bradshaw to look over?

  • There were papers to look over, and he put on his great round-glassed spectacles.

  • So home and to look over my papers that concern the difference between Mrs. Goldsborough and us; which cost me much pains, but contented me much after it was done.

  • In the evening I begun to look over my accounts and upon the whole I do find myself, by what I can yet see, worth near L600, for which God be blessed, which put me into great comfort.

  • I shouldn't want to look over my husband's head in any sense.

  • I should like you to take a look over it, as I think there are two or three things in it which might please 'our puir hill folk.

  • But, in that case, I should like to look over the press myself.

  • It was sent afterwards: look over my letters and find it.

  • We rose, and he about his business, and I to my house to look over my workmen; but good God!

  • In his business papers for 'zecutors to look over?

  • And I'd like to arrange to look over part of the estate with Wells, Mr. McGuire," he added.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "look over" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    look again; look around; look down; look for; look nice; look where; look yonder; looked around; looked away; looked hard; looked round; looking gentleman; looking individual; looking little; looking man; looking over; looking people; looking south; looking towards; looking unto; looking upon; looking young; looks down; looks like; market price; peaty soil