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[ noun ] the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

Synonyms

look looking

Examples

"he went out to have a look" "his look was fixed on her eyes" "he gave it a good looking at" "his camera does his looking for him"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Warren tried to shake_off the jumble of his fears by looking_at the sky .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

She looked at the girl speculatively from eyes which had paled with the years ; from the early evening lights of them which had first startled Izaak to look at her in an uncousinly way , they had faded to a near absence of color which had , possibly from her constant looking_at the water , something of the light of the sea in them .

Mark stopped the car and switched_off the lights and they sat looking_at the water , which , there being no moon out , at_first could be distinguished from the sky only by an absence of stars .

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