look down on
Example Sentences
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Why do wealthy retirees look down on those with less savings?
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Do you look down on huge planes and boats and Beyoncé birthday parties?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
From the front, 108 windows that might remind you of Austin Powers look down on you.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025
Many people still look down on gulls today.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024
Standing on Copp’s Hill—the highest point in the North End neighborhood—one could look down on hectic streets where hundreds of people wended their way with pushcarts and horse-drawn wagons.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
