looking back
Example Sentences
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She said the boys reached the shore before looking back and realising Reuben had disappeared.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“I knew nothing about music,” he once said, looking back at his entry into the record business.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
A few months later, while looking back at Cliffwater’s securities filings, one discovery gave him pause.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
Nichols suggested this showed the sauropod had stopped and leant on one leg for a moment "as if it's looking back over its left shoulder".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The Great Mother had saved us, and we escaped without looking back.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
