look down on

Example Sentences

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There is a herd of real buffalo in the Burn and this bull stands looking down on my leader—Wilson, who is very sweet and a wonderful dog but dumber than a walnut—smelling him.

From Literature

When we came to the hill that looks down on our village, my mother glanced back.

From Literature

During the cloud disruption two decades ago, many incumbent enterprise software makers looked down on a host of new browser-based applications.

From Barron's

At times, the supreme leader has presented himself as almost above politics - looking down on the squabbling between Iran's reformists and conservatives.

From BBC

"Hollywood looked down on movies using computer graphic-made effects, but now it's handing the Oscar to Avatar."

From BBC