on the lookout

Example Sentences

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In addition to the weather and distances, delivery drivers are on the lookout for more rural road hazards such as deer and bears, said Brandon Ray, who runs part of the delivery-vehicle fleet at the Missoula facility.

From The Wall Street Journal

We’d been on the lookout for that letter these many weeks, and waiting hadn’t improved Tansy’s disposition.

From Literature

Haleon will, nonetheless, be on the lookout for opportunities, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal

A police helicopter was also scrambled to fly at low level over the bare upland hills and farm tracks surrounding the reservoir, on the lookout for vehicles or tents.

From BBC

Her daughters — artists Alison and Lezley, and writer Tracye, their mother’s studio director — also stay on the lookout for objects that might catch her eye.

From Los Angeles Times