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looking

[ UK /lˈʊkɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫʊkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of searching visually
  2. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
    he went out to have a look
    his camera does his looking for him
    he gave it a good looking at
    his look was fixed on her eyes
ADJECTIVE
  1. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
    taken in by high-sounding talk
    liquid-looking
    severe-looking policemen on noble horses
    left their clothes dirty looking
    fine-sounding phrases
    a most disagreeable looking character
    angry-looking
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  • Our ambition is to build a prosperous, inclusive and outward-looking country. Times, Sunday Times
  • If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
  • A lot of them were marked, or born wrong, or crooked, or scabious, looking for help from the Nazarene, for some panacea. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • As far back as the 1920s, it was an easy getaway for Hollywood types looking for a little privacy; and this golden era lives on at select spots.
  • I looking forward to seeing Mark as we've been apart for a few days.
  • Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
  • Acronyms or abbreviations can confuse a client who is looking for the business in a resource listing.
  • I'm looking forward to the Gehry building, though, even though it's been watered down a bit from its original design.
  • Friday, 09 April, 2010 hiya great forum lots of lovely people just what i need hopefully this is just what im looking for looks like i have a lot to read. Guitar Hero Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models
  • They're looking to solve the mystery, and there are a lot of questions that are unanswered right now.
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