window shopping

Example Sentences

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After two days of window shopping, it was time to pick up some souvenirs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

But there’s nothing wrong with a little window shopping.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

Consider stops at each to be delicious little bookends on a slow-paced afternoon of window shopping or even finding an antique you can’t live without.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

As the story goes, Audrey was discovered by a professional photographer while window shopping on Fifth Avenue.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022

I’ll walk past, glance casually, pretending to be a housewife, a tourist, someone window shopping.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood