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Example sentences for "looking about"

  • Here was as distinct an act of choice, of reason, as a boy exercises when he goes into a forest, and, looking about, decides which tree he will climb.

  • A colored girl sauntered in, looking about vacantly.

  • Looking about, we soon discover his garden, but it is in a sad condition, having received no care since it was planted.

  • Looking about, we find a place where it seems possible to climb.

  • I find myself in a world in which there is so much to see and so short a time to see it in that I must take the liberty of looking about me and begging to be provided for by somebody who doesn't want to look about him.

  • Mr. Smallweed, looking about him, breathless, from an arm-chair.

  • The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him.

  • As you are looking about for an outlet, some rich prospect unexpectedly opens to view.

  • Looking about for an outlet, some rich prospect unexpectedly opens to view.

  • At that, Atupo threw up his hands by way of a gesture of delight; and then, looking about him, for the first time recognised both Mr. Forsyth and myself.

  • Looking about me, I thought I recognised the country.

  • Looking about me on every side, straining my eyes in the semi-darkness, I could see nothing.

  • She dragged up before her a vision of Rosalie, driving with her mother and herself, looking about her at the new buildings and changed streets, flushed and made radiant by the accelerated pace and excitement of her beloved New York.

  • A good deal of money should be spent on repairs," reflected Betty, looking about her.

  • And once standing on such velvet, both men and women, looking about them, felt, despite themselves, the strange old thrill which some of them half resented and some warmly loved.

  • I don't want to be picking up any more snakes" Looking about him he found a good-sized stick lying upon the ground, which he scrutinized closely before venturing to take possession.

  • Hit it in the head with a stone," looking about for a weapon.

  • With his arms around her shoulders, Jack paused a moment, looking about him.

  • Yes," I agreed, looking about to see if I could discover any traces of Shin Shira in the dusk.

  • Let's think for a moment," said the little Yellow Dwarf, looking about him.

  • At one door stood an old man leaning on a cane, looking about as old folks are supposed to do when a funeral procession is passing.

  • She flung open the door of the salle à manger and entered, then stopped, looking about her.

  • She fitted the key into the Yale lock, and in another moment the two were standing inside the dim and chilly hall, looking about them.

  • Looking about, Esther wondered why physicians' reception-rooms were invariably so uninviting, so lacking in personality.

  • And there would be little moments (both on his side and on hers) of looking about at other people with a stealthy richness.

  • You ought to be ashamed of looking about in church so, Cecil.

  • Looking about him, Chris remembered with a pang the first morning he had seen it, with Becky in her gaudy hat standing near the fire.

  • Looking about, he found the ingredients that had been listed, and in an empty vial poured first two drops of this, and then seventeen of that, and ran to heat it at the fire.

  • Looking about to make sure he was unobserved, he took his own shape again with a sigh of relief.

  • Looking about, Chris soon spied Ned Cilley, on deck lounging against the side of the ship and smoking his pipe.

  • There on the bank I came upon a queer old codger, looking about wildly.

  • Here he moved even more cautiously than before, looking about to make certain that no one had followed him.

  • A moment after she had gone, the diver reappeared, looking about cautiously.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "looking about" 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:
    active life; dressing room; election last; inch shells; looking face; looking fellow; looking fellows; looking for; looking girl; looking glass; looking hard; looking individual; looking man; looking more; looking much; looking place; looking round; looking south; looking steadily; looking through; looking unto; looking very; looking young; looking youth; men and women alike; more work