look through
phrasal verb
looked through; looking through; looks through
1
: to read or briefly examine some of the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.)
She was looking through a magazine as she waited in the doctor's office.
2
: to look at the different parts of (a collection or group of things)
I looked through all his letters.
3
: to place one's eyes so as to see through (something)
look through a telescope
4
: to pretend not to see or recognize (someone) in a rude or unfriendly way
We used to be best friends but when she passed me on the street yesterday she looked (right/straight) through me without even saying hello!
Examples of look through in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Open it and look through it to bug your sister (my uncle) or mother (me).
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Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
Raiding Amy’s Wardrobe Image In preparation for the film, Mitch Winehouse, the singer’s father and the administrator of her estate, agreed to let Williams visit his home and look through what remained of Winehouse’s wardrobe.
—Simran Hans, New York Times, 16 May 2024
As the show’s catalog explains, Bonds was capturing her own experience of looking through various windows during a hospital stay and seeing other patients, all on their own medical journeys and all with individual and complicated paths.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
Anyone can look through the box scores this year and find dazzling scoring performances from any player.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
Just like a math teacher, the chatbot can look through a phone’s camera lens or see a computer screen and help users solve a math problem in real time.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 13 May 2024
After looking through the dark upper chambers, the group worked its way down to the first floor, where Darren opened a bedroom door.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 May 2024
Check out some of the looks through the years that stole the show.
—Essence, 8 May 2024
The configuration positions the cockpit about halfway down the length of the aircraft, which means that the pilot does not look through a forward-facing window, but instead uses high-resolution cameras that feed a 4K monitor in the cockpit, called the eXternal Vision System.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
Raiding Amy’s Wardrobe Image In preparation for the film, Mitch Winehouse, the singer’s father and the administrator of her estate, agreed to let Williams visit his home and look through what remained of Winehouse’s wardrobe.
—Simran Hans, New York Times, 16 May 2024
As the show’s catalog explains, Bonds was capturing her own experience of looking through various windows during a hospital stay and seeing other patients, all on their own medical journeys and all with individual and complicated paths.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
Anyone can look through the box scores this year and find dazzling scoring performances from any player.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
Just like a math teacher, the chatbot can look through a phone’s camera lens or see a computer screen and help users solve a math problem in real time.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 13 May 2024
After looking through the dark upper chambers, the group worked its way down to the first floor, where Darren opened a bedroom door.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 May 2024
Check out some of the looks through the years that stole the show.
—Essence, 8 May 2024
The configuration positions the cockpit about halfway down the length of the aircraft, which means that the pilot does not look through a forward-facing window, but instead uses high-resolution cameras that feed a 4K monitor in the cockpit, called the eXternal Vision System.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
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“Look through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20through. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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