look back on
Example Sentences
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I want to be the kind of dad that my kids look back on and think I was present and loving and the kind of person they’d look up to.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
But it also offered the audience a chance to look back on a career that’s encompassed virtually every major shift in pop music over the last two decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
As the date of Easter changes each year, we have to look back on a range of historical data from different dates, to compare with 25 December.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
When I look back on the energy shocks of the 1970s, there are certainly similarities to now in terms of the physical disruption to barrels of oil and cubic feet of gas.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Perhaps someday, if they survived, they would look back on it and laugh, but not now.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
