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Example sentences for "looked out"

  • When we were dressed for church, we looked out of the window till the bell tolled, and the chaise of the Baxters and Sawyers had driven to the gate; then we went ourselves.

  • From its open sides I looked out on a tranquil, agreeable landscape; there was nothing saline in the atmosphere.

  • Then I looked out at the flying sky--it was almost May.

  • When he mentioned him I looked out of the window, and saw Ben Somers coming into the yard.

  • Colourless too were the boundaries on which he looked out: the narrow enclosure of white walls, opening on a slit of pale spring landscape.

  • From the window-seat he looked out on a scene extraordinarily novel to his lowland eyes.

  • Barrant, from whose eyes speculation and suspicion looked out from a depth, like the remote glance of a spider which had scurried to a hole, gave a slight sign of farewell, and wheeled out of the apartment without another word.

  • I slipped out of bed, and opening the door a little, looked out.

  • She knocked at the door, and I looked out of the window.

  • So he looked out of the window himself, and found that it was twenty-two below zero.

  • He looked out of the window, and saw nothing but shadow.

  • Once again he looked out at the departing missionary.

  • And how was he to guess, as he looked out in astonishment upon the frightened flock of white boats swimming southward, that his mother and his sweetheart were there?

  • Mr. Brinsmade was silent, but he looked out of the carriage window, away from Virginia.

  • One side of it looked out on the trees in Freshwater Lane; and the other across the roof of the low house opposite to where the sun danced on the blue and white waters of the Chesapeake.

  • The girls gave a shriek of terror, but when we looked out we saw him jumping about and performing a thousand apish tricks.

  • I looked out also, and seeing that he was right I said that I should no doubt hit on some way of making my escape from the inn, but what troubled me chiefly was my luggage.

  • I looked out of the window and noticed that the leaves on the trees were still, and that no wind was blowing; and I could not help saying to the marquis that I was astonished to find his room as cool as spring in the heats of summer.

  • I looked out of the corner of my eye at the malicious widow, who said nothing but seemed deep in thought.

  • As for Mr. Riddle, he went to the door, looked out, and took a last pinch of snuff.

  • I looked out of the open door where the morning sun threw the checkered shadows of the honeysuckle on the floor of the gallery, and over the railing to the tree-tops in the court-yard.

  • I looked out of our window at the orchard, all pink and white in the early sun, and across a patch of clover to the stone kitchen.

  • We looked out at the winter landscape, so different from that one which had thrilled every fibre of my being in the days when the railroad on which we travelled had been a winding narrow gauge.

  • I looked out of the duchess's window, and could certainly see no appearance of a bottom in the light blue water.

  • On the fifteenth, when young Rostov, in his dressing gown, looked out of the window, he saw it was an unsurpassable morning for hunting: it was as if the sky were melting and sinking to the earth without any wind.

  • His landlord, who in a waistcoat and a pointed cap, pitchfork in hand, was clearing manure from the cowhouse, looked out, and his face immediately brightened on seeing Rostov.

  • And as if in order not to offend Sonya and to get rid of her, she turned her face to the window, looked out in such a way that it was evident that she could not see anything, and again settled down in her former attitude.

  • Copplestone and Gilling, who had never seen this part of the coast before, looked out on the scene with lively interest.

  • Thence he looked out on the quay, and along the crowded maze of Scarvell's Cut.

  • I looked out from my screen of brambles, and saw in the clear light of morning the very last thing that I should either have expected or chosen.

  • As I looked out of my window I could not catch a glimpse of a star, and the black clouds were flying low across the heavens.

  • As I looked out of the window I saw the two of them, the big blue man and the limping black one, going up the street together.

  • She pushed open the window and looked out, although it was quite dark, and the air pervaded with a cold, rank smell of wet vegetation.

  • Johnny, who had just come down-stairs after taking off his Sunday coat, looked out of the window.

  • Julia went to the door and, opening it, looked out.

  • For a second it looked out clear, and the sand showed like silver, tear-spotted with ink in the hollows; then the cloud swept up and all turned to a level grey.

  • I know it is very silly; but I think I can make you understand how it is: I was so fond of the sea when I came down; it seemed to lie close to my window, with a friendly smile ready for me every morning when I looked out.

  • He looked out as he stood alone on the edge amidst the rushing wind and the noise of the water, out over the waves under the clear, starry sky, saw where the tiny boat was tossed about like a nutshell, and set out.

  • She moved restlessly on her couch, half mechanically put her hand to the curtain, pulled it aside, looked out, faced the sun and the sea, and did not draw back.

  • When we looked out of our window, a little before seven, we saw our party ready and waiting.

  • From it, we looked out in every direction over a magnificent landscape.

  • From it, we looked out over an extensive stretch of dark green plains, broken, here and there, by little wooded hillocks, none of them so large as that upon which Ozuluama itself is situated.

  • When the train came in and they had entered their compartment, Selwyn, with feelings that left him dumb, looked out at the little group who had come to say farewell.

  • The clocks had just struck nine when he paused in his work, and crossing to the French windows, which opened on a little terrace, looked out at the darkened square.

  • Passing his hand across his brow, he went to the door, and opening it, looked out.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "looked out" 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:
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